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Wat Takes His Shot
The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru MisakaBy Cheryl Kim, Nat IwataView DetailsThe stirring biography of Japanese American basketball star Wataru Misaka--the first person of color to play in the NBA!
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Tenacious
Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled AthletesBy Patty Cisneros Prevo, Dion MBDView DetailsMeet fifteen remarkable athletes who use adaptive equipment in this beautiful and truth-telling picture book.
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Marvelous Mabel
Figure Skating SuperstarBy Crystal Hubbard, Alleanna HarrisView DetailsMeet Mabel Fairbanks, the skating superstar who became the first Black athlete inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
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The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee
By Paula Yoo, Dom LeeThe Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee
By Paula Yoo, Dom LeeView DetailsThis compelling entry in the "Story of" line of chapter-book biographies features Sammy Lee, a Korean American diver who became the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal.
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The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku
By Ellen Crowe, Richard WaldrepThe Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku
By Ellen Crowe, Richard WaldrepView DetailsThis entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Duke Kahanamoku, the six-time Olympic swimming champion and a legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.
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The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin BelfordThe Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin BelfordView DetailsThe "Story" chapter-book line debuts with this action-packed tribute to Arthur Ashe, one of the most compelling athletes and humanitarians of the twentieth century.
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¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah WinterThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah WinterView DetailsIn this fascinating and colorfully written collection of profiles, author/illustrator Jonah Winter gives us a guide to Latino heroes, including little known pioneers of the sport.
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Capoeira
Game! Dance! Martial Art!By George AnconaThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageCapoeira
Game! Dance! Martial Art!By George AnconaView DetailsA photo-essay about the history and practice of Capoeira, a centuries-old Brazilian martial art incorporating traditional movements and rhythmic music, that is popular today as an energetic game played throughout the United States and around the world.
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Be Water, My Friend
The Early Years of Bruce LeeBy Ken Mochizuki, Dom LeeView DetailsThe true story of the formative years of Bruce Lee's early life growing up in Hong Kong in the 1940s and 1950s, before he became an international film star.
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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
By Crystal Hubbard, Robert McGuireThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
By Crystal Hubbard, Robert McGuireView DetailsThe story of Jimmy Winkfield, one of horse racing's all-time great jockeys and the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1902.
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Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee StoryBy Paula Yoo, Dom LeeThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee StoryBy Paula Yoo, Dom LeeView DetailsThe inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.
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Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonJim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonView DetailsA biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.
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¡Béisbol! Pioneros y leyendas del béisbol Latino
By Jonah WinterThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page¡Béisbol! Pioneros y leyendas del béisbol Latino
By Jonah WinterView DetailsIn Spanish. Learn about fourteen legendary Latino baseball players in this fascinating and colorfully written collection.
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Night Golf
By William Miller, Cedric LucasNight Golf
By William Miller, Cedric LucasView DetailsSet in the South of the late 1950s, an African American boy who longs to play golf is banned from the game because of the color of his skin.