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Scholastic year in sports 2020
By James Buckley, James Buckley Jr.. 2019
Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball,…
hockey, golf, and tennis. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2019Lineup for yesterday
By Ogden Nash, C. F. Payne. 2011
Collection of Ogden Nash's alphabetical poems of baseball legends, such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Includes player stats and…
biographical information. Originally published in 1949 in Sport magazine. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2011Super Oscar
By Mark Shulman, Andrea Montejo, Lisa Kopelke, Oscar de la Hoya. 2006
First sail
By Richard Henderson. 2009
Here we go, Steelers! here we go!
By Aimee Aryal. 2008
Speed
By Nathan Clement. 2013
Revving up behind a pace car, a competitive group of stock cars takes off with a wave of the green…
flag and engages in an action-packed race filled with squealing tires, bumps, spins, and rushing support crews. For preschool-grade 2The great receiver
By Elena Yates Eulo. 2008
Sophomore honors student Joey Eastland messes up during football tryouts and becomes the team water boy. But when the coach…
gives him a second chance, Joey is determined to be the best wide-end receiver ever. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Home run: The Best Writing About Baseball's Most Exciting Moment
By Robert Burleigh, George Plimpton, Mike Wimmer. 2001
An anthology of writings about baseball's peak moment. Includes an excerpt from Bernard Malamud's The Natural (DB 58059) and from…
works by Paul Gallico, John Updike, Red Smith, Roger Angell, and others. The editor, who also contributes, introduces each of eighteen selections. 2001A journey: the autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno
By Nancy Ann Richardson, Apolo Anton Ohno, Nancy Richardson. 2002
A Japanese American short track ice skater, who won both a silver and gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake…
City Olympics at age nineteen, presents an account of his life and career. Ohno describes his upbringing and training, his injuries and illnesses, and his later success. For senior high and older readers. 2002The story of baseball: Third Revised and Expanded Edition
By Lawrence S Ritter, Lawrence S. Ritter. 1999
In this new edition of his 1990 work, Ritter traces the history of baseball, assesses the elements of the game,…
and describes later developments such as players' strikes and trades. Includes batting records of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire; discusses card collecting and commonly used signals. For grades 5-8 and older readersCatching the moon: the story of a young girl's baseball dream
By Crystal Hubbard. 2005
A picture-book biography highlighting a pivotal event in the childhood of African American baseball player Marcenia "Toni Stone" Lyle Alberga,…
the woman who broke baseball's gender barrier by becoming the first female roster member of a professional Negro League team. 2005. For grades 2-4Year in sports 2022
By James Buckley, James Buckley Jr.. 2021
Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball,…
hockey, golf, and tennis. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 202186 years: the legend of the Boston Red Sox
By Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersGo, team, go!
By John R. Tunis. 1991
When one player from the overconfident team, the previous year's champions, is expelled for gambling and the other four are…
penalized for breaking training, they angrily quit the basketball varsity and leave the inferior B team defending the school's recordMy weird school daze: Books 1-4 (My weird school daze #4)
By Dan Gutman. 2009
Books one through four, written between 2008 and 2009, featuring the third-grade adventures of A. J. and his friends from…
the My Weird School series. Includes Mrs. Dole Is out of Control!, Mr. Sunny Is Funny!, Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet!, and Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!. For grades 2-4. 2009Kid owner
By Tim Green. 2015
When twelve-year-old Ryan Zinna learns that his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys, he is not prepared to deal…
with the newfound fame and how it changes him. Then again, his angry stepmother doesn't plan to let him own the team for long. For grades 5-8. 2015Stumptown kid
By Carol Gorman. 2007
Holden, Iowa; 1952. Eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, improves his baseball game with the help…
of Luther Peale, who played in the Negro Leagues. Charlie also learns the meaning of both racism and heroism. For grades 5-8. 2005Morgy coast to coast
By Maggie Lewis. 2005
After moving from California to Massachusetts, Morgy experiences many changes. As he adjusts to fourth grade, Morgy learns to play…
the trumpet, joins the ice hockey team, adopts a greyhound named Dante, and makes new friends. Sequel to Morgy Makes His Move (BR 12739). For grades 2-4. 2005Father Bear comes home (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
By Else Holmelund Minarik. 1959
Four episodes about Little Bear in which he waits impatiently for his father to come home from a day of…
fishing, has the hiccups, meets a mermaid, and plays with Owl. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 1959A ticket to the pennant: a tale of baseball in Seattle
By Mark Holtzen. 2016
Travel back in time to 1955, when the Seattle Rainiers faced the Los Angeles Angels for the Pacific Coast League…
pennant. Follow Huey, a young baseball fan, as he retraces his footsteps through South Seattle, trying to find his missing ticket to the big game. For grades K-3. . Unrated