31 Books in this collection
Athletes and Sports
Readers will fall in love with empowering and inspiring stories about historical figures and original characters who overcome adversity on and off the field, court, and track. The collection includes both stories about characters new to their sport and professional athletes. Have a unit on the Olympics? The collection is rich with sports history, trivia, and portraits of significant trailblazers. Readers will discover who changed the game for better and the journeys these athletes have taken to succeed.
Themes & Categories
- Biography / Memoir
- Childhood Experiences and Memories
- Collaboration
- Courage
- Cultural Diversity
- Discrimination
- Dreams & Aspirations
- History & Civics
- Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence
- Leadership
- Mentors
- Multiple Ethnicities Represented
- Optimism / Enthusiasm
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Persistence / Grit
- Pride
- Self Control / Self Regulation
- Sports
- Sports History
- English
Books in This Collection
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¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah WinterPaperback: $12.95 This 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.
¡Olé! Flamenco
By George AnconaPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page¡Olé! Flamenco
By George AnconaView DetailsA photo-essay about flamenco, a centuries-old living art form, originating in southern Spain, that incorporates traditional dance, song, and music.
Allie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl LigasanPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAllie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl LigasanView DetailsAllie's story of self-determination is one that young athletes, both boys and girls, will recognize. Perfect for anyone who has experienced the ups and downs of practicing and playing hard, Allie's Basketball Dream is a spirited tribute to perseverance.
Around the World
By John Coy, Antonio Reonegro, Tom LynchAround the World
By John Coy, Antonio Reonegro, Tom LynchView DetailsFrom New York to China to Australia and six other countries, an unrelenting basketball game rages on as kids compete and play for keeps, all determined to sink the winning shot. Presented in graphic, comic book style.
Babu's Song
By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Aaron BoydPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBabu's Song
By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Aaron BoydView DetailsThe story of a young Tanzanian boy who learns a lesson about family love after selling the special music box his grandfather made for him.
Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom LeeBaseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom LeeView DetailsTwenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.
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.
Capoeira
Game! Dance! Martial Art!By George AnconaPaperback: $13.95 This 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.
Catching the Moon
The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball DreamBy Crystal Hubbard, Randy DuburkeView DetailsThe spirited story of Marcenia Lyle, the African American girl who grew up to become "Toni Stone," the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team.
Featherless / Desplumado
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Ernesto Cuevas, Jr.Paperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageFeatherless / Desplumado
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Ernesto Cuevas, Jr.View DetailsBilingual English/Spanish. Award-winning children's book author and poet Juan Felipe Herrera offers a story of self-empowerment and friendship.
Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin BelfordGame, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin BelfordView DetailsA picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.
Get Set! Swim!
By Jeannine Atkins, Hector Viveros LeeGet Set! Swim!
By Jeannine Atkins, Hector Viveros LeeView DetailsThe day of the big swim meet has finally arrived, and Jessenia is excited, but a bit worried too.
Heroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom LeePaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageHeroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom LeeView DetailsA Japanese American boy learns about heroism from his father and uncle who served in the U.S. Army.
Horse Song
The Naadam of MongoliaBy Ted Lewin, Betsy LewinPaperback: $12.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageHorse Song
The Naadam of MongoliaBy Ted Lewin, Betsy LewinView DetailsTed and Betsy Lewin's illustrated travelogue story of their trip to Mongolia to watch young boy and girl jockeys race horses in the traditional Naadam summer festival.
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.
Joe Louis, My Champion
By William Miller, Rodney PatePaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageJoe Louis, My Champion
By William Miller, Rodney PateView DetailsDuring the mid-1930s, an African American boy who yearns to be a boxer learns the value of determination, perseverance, and his own natural abilities from the example of his hero, world champion prizefighter Joe Louis.
Keepers
By Jeri Hanel Watts, Felicia MarshallPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageKeepers
By Jeri Hanel Watts, Felicia MarshallView DetailsKenyon loves his grandmother's stories almost as much as he loves baseball.
King for a Day
By Rukhsana Khan, Christiane KrömerKing for a Day
By Rukhsana Khan, Christiane KrömerView DetailsMalik, a Pakistani boy who uses a wheelchair, is excited to compete in the annual kite-flying festival of Basant. Can his kite defeat the bully's and make him "King" of the festival?
Louis Sockalexis
Native American Baseball PioneerBy William Wise, Bill FarnsworthPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLouis Sockalexis
Native American Baseball PioneerBy William Wise, Bill FarnsworthView DetailsA biography of Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot Indian and the first Native American to play professional baseball, focusing on his formative years and culminating in an historic game at New York's Polo Grounds in 1897.
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.
Paul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George FordPaul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George FordView DetailsAn updated and redesigned edition of an award-winning biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become an international entertainer and civil rights activist. Includes a new introduction and afterword by the author, focusing on Robeson's legacy.
Silent Star
The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William HoyBy William Wise, Adam GustavsonView DetailsThe biography of William Ellsworth Hoy, the first deaf player to have a successful career in professional and Major League baseball.
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee StoryBy Paula Yoo, Dom LeePaperback: $11.95 This 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.
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
By Uma Krishnaswami, Nidhi ChananiStep Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
By Uma Krishnaswami, Nidhi ChananiView DetailsNine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland.
Strong to the Hoop
By John Coy, Leslie Jean-BartPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageStrong to the Hoop
By John Coy, Leslie Jean-BartView DetailsA boy finally gets to play basketball on the main court with the older boys, and has to prove he can hold his own.
Sumo Joe
By Mia Wenjen, Nat IwataSumo Joe
By Mia Wenjen, Nat IwataView DetailsIn this sweet and funny story, Sumo Joe and his friends enjoy pretending to be sumo wrestlers. But when his little sister wants to join their boy-only game, what should Sumo Joe do?
Surfer of the Century
The Life of Duke KahanamokuBy Ellen Crowe, Richard WaldrepView DetailsThe true story of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, six-time Olympic swimming champion and legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.
The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
By Crystal Hubbard, Robert McGuirePaperback: $11.95 This 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.
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.
There's No Base Like Home
By Jessica Mendoza, Alana Mendoza Dusan, Ruth Mcnally BarshawThere's No Base Like Home
By Jessica Mendoza, Alana Mendoza Dusan, Ruth Mcnally BarshawView DetailsESPN Major League Baseball analyst and two-time Olympic medalist Jessica Mendoza teams up with her sister Alana Mendoza Dusan for their first highly-illustrated novel for young readers, a Dork Diaries for sporty kids.
Willie Wins
By Almira A. Gilles, Carl AngelPaperback: $10.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWillie Wins
By Almira A. Gilles, Carl AngelView DetailsIn this heart-warming story, a boy gets beyond peer pressure and comes to appreciate the depth of his father's love. First-time author Almira Astudillo Gilles teams up with artist Carl Angel to create an inspiring and suspenseful story. Young readers will be cheering for Willie all the way.
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