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The Million Dollar Shot
Gutman, Dan.
Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.
The Babe & I
Adler, David A.
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth. “Gulliver books.
Babe & Me
Gutman, Dan.
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
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Girls Got Game
edited edited by Sue Macy
A collection of short stories and poems written by and about young women in sports.
Competitive Tennis For Girls / Judith Guillermo-Newton
Guillermo-Newton, Judith.
Explains the rules of tennis, how to train, how to play competitively, and how to make it a career.
Chip And The Karate Kick
Rockwell, Anne F.
Chip starts taking karate lessons to be like the hero of his favorite television show, but his impatience to earn a belt gets in the way of learning the true spirit of karate.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Bildner, Phil.
When their beloved baseball team, the New York Giants, moves to California, Sam and Pop switch their loyalties to the other New York Giants and attend their championship game with the Baltimore Colts. Includes historical note.
Football Genius
Green, Tim
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
The Basket Counts
MATT CHRISTOPHER series
Long practice improves Mel’s value as a basketball player, but he finds it difficult to surmount the prejudice of Caskie Bennett, the basketball team’s star player and Mel’s new neighbor.
Lacrosse Firestorm
MATT CHRISTOPHER series
Eleven-year-old Garry, embarrassed when his unathletic brother joins his lacrosse team, faces a bigger problem when the team bully turns on both of them.
Eyes On The Goal
Coy, John
Middle-schooler Jackson’s baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother’s boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego’s father is deployed to Afghanistan.
The Ball Hogs
Wallace, Rich.
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
Fake Out
Wallace, Rich.
Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the fake out. Includes tips for soccer players.
Gunner, Football Hero
Ransome, James.
When short, round Gunner, the third-string quarterback, finally gets to play in a big game, everyone treats him like a hero.
Dino-basketball
Wheeler, Lisa
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden.
Alice The Tennis Fairy
RAINBOW MAGIC FAIRIES Series
While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost’s goblins steal the Sports Fairies’ magic objects, and Rachel and Kristy must snag Alice’s magic racquet, the goblins are going to win — game, set, and match!
Baseball Great
Green, Tim
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
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Quarterback Season
FRED BOWEN SPORTS STORY Series
As a school assignment, eighth-grader Matt Monroe keeps a journal about his team’s football season.
Throwing Heat
FRED BOWEN SPORTS STORY Series
Eighth-grader Jack Lerner relies on pitching fast balls until a young college coach teaches him that throwing the heat may not be the best way to win games.
Happy Like Soccer
Boelts, Maribeth
For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than the “lot” in her neighborhood, but so her auntie can be at her last game, she asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work.
Game Changers
Lupica, Mike.
When the coach’s son, Shawn O’Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised–but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Big Nate : Here Goes Nothing
Peirce, Lincoln.
Nate’s not only the star of his own comic strip–he’s the star goalie of his school soccer team! Will Nate defend his goal and save the day? Or will Jefferson Middle School win…again?”–P. [4] of cover.
Guys Read: The Sports Pages
GUYS READ
A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.
Captain Disaster
Holm, Jennifer L.
Squish, comic book fan and grade school amoeba, is made captain of his soccer team and following the example of his favorite superhero, must figure out how to turn a losing streak around without losing his friends.
Winning Team
Moceanu, Dominique
When twelve-year-old Britt’s family moves to Houston so she can train at an elite gym she looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her coaches, Britt begins to figure out what teamwork really means.
Blue Ribbon Day
Hapka, Cathy
Going to the county fair to help Jill’s mom prepare the ponies for a driving class competition, Jill, Meg, and Annie enjoy the displays and festivities before running into rival Ben, who makes them doubt their skills.
Captain Awesome, Soccer Star
Kirby, Stan.
Second-grader Eugene McGillicudy finds that he can tap the power of Captain Awesome without wearing the costume, as he scores a goal for his soccer team.
Good Sport Gwen
Tripp, Valerie
Gwen learns that being a good sport means helping people on your team whether it is for soccer or the spelling bee.
Dino-wrestling
Wheeler, Lisa
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete at the wrestling jamboree, demonstrating such styles as sumo, Greco-Roman, and lucha libre.
The Crossover
Alexander, Kwame.
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Dino-football
Wheeler, Lisa
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a football game at the Lava Dome on Mega Bowl Sunday.
Goodnight Football
Dahl, Michael
In rhyming text a child, home from a game, bids goodnight to all the sights and sounds of a school football game.
Double Reverse
FRED BOWEN SPORTS STORY Series
Although he knows all the plays, freshman wide receiver Jesse is reluctant to try out for quarterback until his brother, a college player, is asked to switch from quarterback to safety and the two make a deal that will force them, and Savannah, the new kicker on Jesse’s team, to conquer their own and others’ expectations.
Kick The Football, Charlie Brown!
Schulz, Charles.
Charlie Brown continues to try to kick the football and Lucy continues to pull it away to make him fall down.
Dino-hockey
Wheeler, Lisa
The meat-eating dinosaurs challenge the plant-eating dinosaurs to a hockey match.
Saving The Team
Morgan, Alex
After moving to California, seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team is so bad that she is compelled to take the lead and turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of.
Volleyball Dreams
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team–but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes that it will take the whole team to try and save their court.
Skating Showdown
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit–until her coach comes up with an idea.
Board Battle
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Conner and Hannah are friends who love to go to the skateboard park on Saturdays, so when a bully named Hank shows up and starts pushing them out of the way, they need to find a creative way to practice for the upcoming tournament.
Dancing Solo
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Sarah knows that she is the best dancer in her class, and she is eager to show off at the upcoming recital–but when a new move proves unexpectedly difficult and she has to ask for help, her confidence is shaken.
The Berenstain Bears: We Love Soccer
Berenstain, Mike
The Berenstain Bears enjoy playing soccer on a sunny afternoon, but when Mama gets too involved, the cubs take it upon themselves to remind her what the sport is really all about.
Dino-swimming
Wheeler, Lisa
Plant-eating dinosaurs compete against meat-eating dinosaurs at a swimming meet.
Martina & Chrissie
Bildner, Phil.
Traces the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
The Football Fumble
MVP Series
The team from Hamilton Elementary School seems bigger and–even worse–just plain mean. Taking on a tough opponent is never easy. Will this bully blitz keep the MVPs off their game? Or can they find a way to huddle together and win the day?”–
The Basketball Blowout
MVP Series
The MVP club needs to raise money for their basketball tournament. But working as a team off the court is a lot harder than they thought! Can the MVP kids raise enough money, win the tournament, and help a friend in need?”–
The Gold Medal Mess
MVP Series
Five friends are ready for their school’s Olympics field day. But not everyone wants to play fair someone is trying to ruin the events! Can the kids in the Most Valuable Player club solve the mystery, save the Olympics, and take home the gold? Includes sports facts”–
The Soccer Surprise
MVP Series
A famous soccer star is coming to town, but can practice with a pro help the MVP kids score big at their next game?”–
Football Double Threat
MATT CHRISTOPHER Series
Feeling guilty after accidentally breaking his friend’s leg, Rocky Fletcher takes on extra duties at school, from selling chocolate bars and managing his injured friend’s student council campaign to playing both offense and defense on the football team.
Gemma The Gymnastics Fairy
RAINBOW MAGIC SPORTS FAIRIES Series
While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost’s goblins steal the Sports Fairies’ magic objects, and Rachel and Kristy must get back Gemma’s magic hoop.
The Fenway Foul-up
BALLPARK MYSTERIES Series
Cousins Mike and Kate are at Boston’s Fenway Park when the Red Sox’s star hitter discovers that his lucky baseball bat has been stolen.
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Goodnight Hockey
Dahl, Michael.
A young fan cheers on his hometown hockey team, and then returns home to snuggle into bed.
Goodnight Soccer
Dahl, Michael
The perfect bedtime book for young soccer fans. From the opening kickoff to the final goal, a young girl says goodnight to her most beloved sport: soccer. With delightful, rhyming text and energetic art, acclaimed author Michael Dahl (Goodnight Baseball, Goodnight Football, Goodnight Hockey), along with illustrator Christina E. Forshay, captures the thrill and excitement of the world’s most popular sport. This Sports Illustrated Kids picture book will have soccer fans young and old cheering for bedtime!
Goodnight Baseball
Dahl, Michael.
In rhyming text a little boy, home from a game, bids goodnight to all the sights and sounds of a baseball game.
The Berenstain Bears: We Love Baseball
Berenstain, Mike
The Berenstain Bears attend a baseball game where they cheer on their favorite team, enjoy the seventh-inning stretch, and chase fly balls.
Arcady’s Goal
Yelchin, Eugene
When twelve-year-old Arcady is sent to a children’s home after his parents are declared enemies of the state in Soviet Russia, soccer becomes a way to secure extra rations, respect, and protection but it may also be his way out if he can believe in and love another person–and himself.
Lucky Enough
FRED BOWEN SPORTS STORY Series
Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.
Striker’s Sister
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Lily Davis’s big sister and star soccer player, Jana, has left home for basic training, and now Lily’s parents and coach want her to change positions, from goalie to striker, wear Jana’s jersey, and fill her sister’s shoes–at first she goes along with the switch, until a letter from Jana gives her the courage to tell them all that she is her own person, and that person is a goalie.
Batting Order
Lupica, Mike
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
Girls With Guts!
Gonzales, Debbie
Nonfiction picture book of the history of women’s participation in sports around the world. Briefly explains the legal battle to pass Title IX for women’s equality and ongoing challenges to equal treatment for girls.
Camp Average Double Foul
Battle, Craig
It’s summertime again, and we join the 12-year-olds of Camp Average–er, Avalon–as the season is winding to a close. Last year, our favourite junior campers (including Andre, Mack, Nelson, and Miles) won the big baseball tournament, so this year, the camp has established a special competitive stream for elite athletes. Camp director Winston even opened up space for girls–so Makayla, Nicole and friends are on board too. And best of all, Mack can happily get back to his usual: spending time at the waterfront with not a care in the world. Leave it to dastardly Winston to ruin his fun. When the camp director takes a special interest in the basketball team, and enters them in the Swish City 5-on-5–Camp Average’s one last chance to win a trophy–Mack smells a rat. He certainly won’t be joining… but it starts to feel like he doesn’t have a choice, as one by one, activities all over camp are supposedly closed for repairs and maintenance. Winston seems up to his own tricks, pitting camper against camper (in this case, boys against girls) in a twisted attempt to wring a winning performance from his charges. In an attempt to undermine Winton’s scheme, Mack creates a scheme of his own, in which he must secretly sabotage both the boys’ and girls’ teams. Will Mack match wits with Wintston and save the camp from the diabolical director’s clutches once and for all? Or will Mack’s own skullduggery be exposed–and lose him his summer and his friends?”–
Brave Like That
Stoddard, Lindsey
Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
She Persisted In Sports
Clinton, Chelsea
Stories of American woman Olympians who persisted and succeeded against the odds” —
Pool Panic
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Jenny loves swimming, and her best friend has finally convinced her to join the school swim team–but when she is confronted by a crowd of spectators in competition she freezes up.
You Can Do It, Yasmin!
YASMIN Series
A collection of four more stories featuring Yasmin! Whether she’s braving the goalie net for the first time on the soccer field, trouble-shooting a plant problem in the garden with her family, tackling a tricky writing assignment, or managing a disagreement with her friends, Yasmin is always thinking outside the box to come up with creative solutions. Yasmin can do it!”–Amazon website.
Henry Heckelbeck Never Cheats
HENRY HECKLEBECK Series
When new student Max challenges Henry for the position of goalie on the soccer team, he must decide whether using the Book of Spells would make him a cheater.
Nothing But Net
JAKE MADDOX SPORTS Series
Layla’s hard work pays off when she moves from a substitute to starting player and captain of the basketball team, but her best friend and teammate Danika causes trouble.
Perfect Game
FRED BOWEN SPORTS STORIES Series
Isaac is a perfectionist, especially when it comes to baseball, and is unable to cope when things go wrong until his coach asks him to help out with a Unified Sports basketball team on which intellectually-disabled and other children play together.
Game Day Baseball
YOU CHOOSE: SPORTS Series
It is the championship baseball game and the reader’s choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a heartbreaking loss.
Game Day Basketball
YOU CHOOSE: SPORTS Series
It is the basketball championship game and the reader’s choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a heartbreaking loss.
Game Day Football
YOU CHOOSE: SPORTS Series
Facing down a mighty opponent on the football field, the reader’s choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a heartbreaking loss.
Game Day Soccer
YOU CHOOSE: SPORTS Series
Facing a mighty opponent on the soccer field, the reader’s choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a heartbreaking loss.
Baseball Ballerina
Cristaldi, Kathryn.
A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.
I Will Try
Janovitz, Marilyn.
A young girl beginning to learn gymnastics is tempted to quit because she cannot spin and jump like her friend Jan, but Jan persuades her to keep trying.
Pinkalicious: Soccer Star
Kann, Victoria.
Pinkalicious and her soccer team, the Pinksters, play their first game against the Ravens, but when the ball is kicked off the field, Pinkalicious chases it and is picked up by Goldilicious for a trip around the world.
Ballet Cat
Shea, Bob.
Ballet Cat and her cousin, Goat, try to outdo one another while putting on show for their grandmother.
Jesse Owens
Calkhoven, Laurie
Sprint around the track and get to know Jesse Owens in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.” Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the stadium. In 1936 Jesse Owens took a stand against racism and made history. A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a short article filled with interesting facts about the Olympics. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so fascinating!–
Out Of Left Field
Klages, Ellen
In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.
For The Love Of Soccer!
Pelé
The three-time World Cup champion celebrates the kick and thrill of his favorite sport, recounting his inspiring rise to fame as illustrations depict his life and the story of a young athlete’s efforts to follow in his hero’s speedy footsteps.
A Sporting Chance
Alexander, Lori
Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this chapter book biography artfully combines archival photos, full-color illustrations, and a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives”–
Get A Grip, Vivy Cohen!
Kapit, Sarah
Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
Pedro’s Big Goal
Manushkin, Fran.
Pedro would love to be the goalie in the team’s first game, but another boy is bigger–so all his friends come over to help him practice before the tryout.
Jack At Bat
Barnett, Mac
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It’s up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks…
