Divisions

Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Division

Mission: To produce top quality resources and programs that help children, adolescents, and adults develop the skills, knowledge, fitness, and appreciation needed for living physically active, healthy lives.
"By working with top professionals in the HPERD field to produce quality physical activity resources and programs, we are helping prepare people to avoid many major diseases and live healthier, less stressful, and more productive lives than those who are sedentary. I can't think of a more important mission."
Scott Wikgren
Director, HPERD Division

Our Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Division (HPERD) is recognized as a world leader in the production of top quality products and programs for the fields of health, physical education, recreation, and dance. We are continually seeking to add quality resources to our list and to build relationships with others also concerned about the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and adults.

In addition to professional resources, we publish textbooks for the university and preK-12 markets, packaging information in a wide variety of media, including video/DVD, software, CDs and the Internet. The HPERD Division also actively seeks to work with professional organizations to produce high-quality resources for educational programs. For example, we have joined forces with:

  • The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) to publish the Physical Best program,
  • The Cooper Institute to publish FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM,
  • The National Intramural-Recreational Sport Association (NIRSA) as their official publisher and distributor, and
  • National Dance Association (NDA) to publish their National Dance Standards.
  • The American Canoe Association to publish Canoeing and Kayaking books
  • The Wilderness Education Association to publish Hiking and Backpacking and Rock Climbing books
  • PE4life to publish their training manual

We also work with the world's most qualified authors. Our list of authors is a virtual "Who's Who" in the HPERD fields. We work with top researchers, professors, teachers, and professionals to publish an ideal blend of theory and practical application. In addition, our acquisitions editors are all from the HPERD fields and they provide a level expertise to the publishing process that few other publishers can offer.

Our authors find that we can offer outstanding support from our editorial, production, marketing, sales, and fulfillment staff. We value our authors as important members of the team and we work together with them to develop the best resources possible and aggressively promote and sell them.

HPERD Best Sellers

  • Fitness for Life, Charles Corbin
  • FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM, Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research
  • Physical Best Activity Series, National Association for Sport and Physical
  • Teaching Children Physical Education, George Graham, PhD
  • Physical Education for Children: Daily Lesson Plans, Thomas/Lee/Thomas
  • Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, Zakrajsek/Carnes/Pettigrew
  • Adapted Physical Education and Sport, Winnick
  • Team Building Through Physical Challenges, Midura/Glover
  • Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming, Priest/Gass
  • Physical Activity for Health and Fitness, Jackson/Morrow/Hill/Dishman
  • Experiencing Dance, Schrader
  • Building Dances, McGreevy-Nichols/Scheff

HPERD Subject Areas

  • Adapted physical education
  • Children and physical activity
  • Dance
  • Leisure studies
  • Outdoor and adventure education
  • Physical activity
  • Physical fitness and health
  • Physical activity promotion
  • Physical education teacher preparation
  • Physical education professional resources
  • K-12 physical education resources
  • Recreation
  • Youth fitness testing
  • Health education