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Sports Stories for Kinders and First Grade Readers
Picture Books
The Babe & I - David A. Adler and Terry Widener
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780152013783
ISBN-10: 0152013784
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers with his friend Jacob, a boy meets Babe Ruth. By the creators of Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. Tour. 35,000 first printing.
Game day - Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, Robert Burleigh and Barry Root
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/30/2005
ISBN-13: 9781416900931
ISBN-10: 1416900934
Having gotten all the glory for his many great touchdowns during the season, Ronde becomes jealous of his best friend, teammate, and brother Tiki and it starts to affect their game, but soon Ronde gets his moment to shine and all his hard work is quickly recognized by all in this inspirational tale of two brothers who worked together to make their dream of reaching the NFL come true!.
Happy like soccer - Maribeth Boelts and Lauren Castillo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/08/2012
ISBN-13: 9780763646165
ISBN-10: 0763646164
Loving to play soccer more than anything else, Sierra regrets that the restaurant where her beloved auntie works is so busy on game days that she is unable to take time off to watch Sierra play, leaving Sierra without anyone to root for her by name from the sidelines. By the author of Those Shoes.
Franklin plays hockey - Sharon Jennings, Mark Koren, John Lei and Jelena Sisic
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780439338806
ISBN-10: 0439338808
Noticing how poorly Skunk is playing in the neighborhood hockey game, Franklin regrets inviting such a novice to play with his team, yet realizing he wasn¡t so great in the beginning either, Franklin invites Skunk to play the next game and sees that he too will improve with time and practice. Original.
Clifford's sports day - Norman Bridwell
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780590629713
ISBN-10: 0590629719
Joining the kids for a day of outdoor games and races, Emily Elizabeth's enormous red companion enjoys participating in the sack race with sack booties on his paws and in the tug-of-war game as the team's illegal secret weapon. Original.
Home run : the story of Babe Ruth - Robert Burleigh and Mike Wimmer
Publisher: Silver Whistle
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780152009700
ISBN-10: 0152009701
Featuring reproductions of vintage baseball cards that capture the highlights of the Babe's career, a portrait of George Herman Ruth, Jr., brings to life the man and his times through dramatic, full-color illustrations and a spare, brisk text.
Ballpark - Elisha Cooper
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780688157555
ISBN-10: 0688157556
The author's first children's book illustrates the activities before, during, and after a professional baseball game, highlighting both grand and minute areas, from hot dogs to umpires.
Just as good : How Larry Doby changed America's game - Chris Crowe and Mike Benny
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/24/2012
ISBN-13: 9780763650261
ISBN-10: 0763650269
An African American family in Cleveland, Ohio, listens on their new radio to the first game of the 1948 World Series, in which Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, won the game for the Cleveland Indians.
One checkered flag : a counting book about racing - Michael Dahl, Derrick Alderman and Denise Shea
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9781404805767
ISBN-10: 1404805761
A counting book featuring things found at a car race, from one black-and-white checkered flag to twelve reporters. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers in the illustrations.
Hunter & Stripe and the soccer showdown - Laura Elliott and Lynn Munsinger
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780060527594
ISBN-10: 0060527595
When Hunter and Stripe, two raccoons who are best friends, play on opposing soccer teams, they must figure out a way to keep the competition on the field from spoiling their friendship. By the creators of Hunter's Best Friend at School.
You're a good sport, Miss Malarkey - Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley
Publisher: Walker
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780802788160
ISBN-10: 0802788165
The children on a newly formed soccer team love their coach, Miss Malarky, who doesn't know much about the game except how to make it fun, but the school principal and parents have other ideas.
Goal! - Mina Javaherbin and A. G Ford
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780763645717
ISBN-10: 0763645710
Earning a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball for their team in South Africa, Ajani and his friends kick, dribble and run their way to a football championship that is threatened by a group of ball-stealing bullies.
Big kicks - Bob Kolar
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/12/2008
ISBN-13: 9780763633905
ISBN-10: 0763633909
When the Mighty Giants soccer team needs a last-minute substitute player, they ask a very large bear named Biggie, but they soon learn that being big and being good at soccer are not the same thing.
Take me out to the ball game - Maryann Kovalski
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9781550418972
ISBN-10: 1550418971
A fun-loving grandmother treats her granddaughters to a day at the ballpark and saves the day for the home team in a story that features the words of the popular baseball anthem.
Bats at the ballgame - Brian Lies
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9780547249704
ISBN-10: 0547249705
The irrepressible bats from Bats at the Beach and Bats at the Library gather at a fun-filled baseball game, where from right-side-up and upside-down perspectives they watch favorite all-stars while enjoying "mothdogs" and "cricket jack.".
Little granny quarterback - Bill Martin, Michael R. Sampson and Michael Chesworth
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9781563979309
ISBN-10: 1563979306
As she watches a televised football game from her bed, Granny Whiteoak recalls her days as a college quarterback and decides to make a comeback.
Baseball saved us - Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee
Publisher: Lee & Low
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1993
ISBN-13: 9781880000014
ISBN-10: 1880000016
Shorty, a young boy living in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II, helps form a baseball league and finds himself at bat in the final inning of the championship game.
Baseball hour - Carol Nevius and Bill Thomson
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/02/2008
ISBN-13: 9780761453802
ISBN-10: 0761453806
An hour of warm-up exercises, drills, and practice play as demonstrated by a team of youthful ball players is highlighted by their exuberance for being part of a team that loves the game of baseball. By the creators of Karate Hour.
The boys - Jeff Newman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/23/2010
ISBN-13: 9781416950127
ISBN-10: 1416950125
Receiving assistance from a group of senior-aged former players who sit on a nearby park bench, a young boy works to overcome his shyness and build his skills so he can join the other children in a game of baseball. By the author of Hippo! No, Rhino. 10,000 first printing.
Playing right field - Willy Welch and Marc Simont
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1995
ISBN-13: 9780590482981
ISBN-10: 059048298X
A popular springtime song follows a young ballplayer's passage from slump to triumph, and is accompanied by illustrations by the Caldecott-winning illustrator of From Sea to Shining Sea.
Dino-baseball - Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780761344292
ISBN-10: 0761344292
When the plant-eating Green Sox face the meat-eating Rib-Eye Reds, baseball will never be the same as the game's momentum swings back and forth between herbivores and the carnivores.
Dino-basketball - Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780761363934
ISBN-10: 0761363939
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden.
Dino-football - Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780761363941
ISBN-10: 0761363947
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a football game at the Lava Dome on Mega Bowl Sunday.
Dino-soccer - Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780822590286
ISBN-10: 082259028X
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a soccer match.
Homer - Diane De Groat and Shelley Rotner
Publisher: Orchard Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780545332729
ISBN-10: 0545332729
Anticipating a championship game against their rivals, the Hounds, baseball-loving pooch Homer sneaks out of the home he shares with his boy, Alex, and joins his canine friends, the Doggers, for a fun-filled competition during which Homer hopes to hit a home run for the win. By the creators of Dogs Don't Brush Their Teeth!.
Soccer hour - Carol Nevius and Bill Thomson
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780761456896
ISBN-10: 0761456899
Pictures and rhyming text describe the drills and scrimmages of a team at soccer practice.
Easy Readers
The Berenstain Bears play T-ball - Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780060583378
ISBN-10: 0060583371
After spending a tiring day teaching the younger bears how to play T-ball, Brother and Sister Bear quickly come to notice that they are going to have to do a lot of work with them if they are going to assemble a winning team for the competitions ahead. Simultaneous.
Buster catches a wave - Marc Tolon Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2005
ISBN-13: 9780316159036
ISBN-10: 0316159034
When his father takes him to visit Florida, Buster sends postcards to his friends back home telling them what he is learning about surfing.
The dog that stole football plays - Matt Christopher and Bill Ogden
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1980
ISBN-13: 9780316139786
ISBN-10: 0316139785
A boy and his psychic dog are able to steal plays from the opposing football team.
Three strikes for Rotten Ralph - Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/15/2011
ISBN-13: 9780374363543
ISBN-10: 0374363544
When Rotten Ralph, the cat, fails to win a spot on a baseball team with his friend Sarah, he becomes the "cat boy" instead, still dreaming of proving himself the superstar he imagines himself to be.
Soccer song - Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780152065713
ISBN-10: 0152065717
Jill's friends know that she has strong arms and hands and so when she is learning to play soccer, they help her to find a position in which she can excel.
The big game - Louise Gikow and Phil Garner
Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780516244082
ISBN-10: 0516244086
A child who has trouble with some of the soccer skills finds an important role as goalie.
Strike three, Marley! - Susan Hill Long, John Grogan and Ellen Beier
Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/19/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061853869
ISBN-10: 0061853860
Watching his first baseball game, Marley the rambunctious young Labrador roots for the home team by howling up a storm, catching fly balls, chewing on bats and slobbering on the bases. Simultaneous. Movie tie-in. 100,000 first printing.
I can bowl! - Linda Johns and Jim Caputo
Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780516223742
ISBN-10: 0516223747
When a boy and his mother go bowling, he demonstrates how to play the game.
I can ski! - Melanie Davis Jones and Terry Boles
Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780516228785
ISBN-10: 0516228781
A boy goes to ski school and learns to ski.
Balls - Melanie Davis Jones and Linda Bronson
Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780516225968
ISBN-10: 0516225960
Rhyming text introduces the many types of balls and how they are used.
Pinkalicious : soccer star - Victoria Kann
Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/29/2012
ISBN-13: 9780061989643
ISBN-10: 0061989649
After preparing well for a first soccer match, Pinkalicious is angered by a rival team's jokes about the Pinksters' pink soccer ball which they kick off the field, forcing Pinkalicious to chase after it, but as luck would have it, Pinklalicious' unicorn, Goldilicious, is waiting and sweeps up her up on an imaginative journey that offers just the encouragement Pinkalicious needs to return to the game. Simultaneous.
Baseball brothers - Jean Marzollo and True Kelley
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780590383981
ISBN-10: 0590383981
Timmy would love to be a great ball player like his brother Ben, but he always gets distracted while playing in right field and it takes some encouragement from Ben to bring him back to the game. Original.
Football friends - Jean Marzollo, Dan Marzollo, Dave Marzollo and True Kelley
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9780590383950
ISBN-10: 0590383957
Freddy, who cannot play football during recess without getting into a fight, learns how to use the energy from his anger to play harder and better and eventually helps his football team to win games. Original.
Hockey hero - Jean Marzollo, Dan Marzollo and True Kelley
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780590383974
ISBN-10: 0590383973
When Hal moves to a new town and joins the soccer team, he quickly realizes that he is not the star athlete of the team and so must learn to adjust to being a good team player in order to get along with everyone. Original.
Beezy at bat - Megan McDonald and Nancy Poydar
Publisher: Orchard Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780531300855
ISBN-10: 0531300854
Three stories in which Beezy cracks nuts and riddles, picks berries, and plays baseball.
Game day - Cari Meister and Mark A. Hicks
Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780516222622
ISBN-10: 0516222627
Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game.
Nina, Nina ballerina - Jane O'Connor and DyAnne DiSalvo
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1993
ISBN-13: 9780448405124
ISBN-10: 0448405121
Nina is less-than-skilled as a ballerina in her dance class, but she certainly makes a hit when, during her first dance recital, she dances the role of a butterfly with her arm in a cast.
Sports dream - Paul Orshoski and Jeffrey Ebbeler
Publisher: Treasure Bay
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9781601153364
ISBN-10: 1601153368
Develops reading skills through games and a fictional story about a boy's dream of being the best in every sport even though he is really only great at being a fan.
Mr. Putter & Tabby run the race - Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780152060695
ISBN-10: 0152060693
When Mrs. Teaberry convinces him to run in the senior marathon, Mr. Putter, despite the fact that he can't even reach his toes, is determined to win second place, especially since the prize is a train set! 25,000 first printing.
I want to be a gymnast - Kate Simkins
Publisher: DK Publishing
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/15/2006
ISBN-13: 9780756620127
ISBN-10: 0756620120
Simple text and photographs describe a gymnastics class.
Strike four! - Harriet Ziefert and Mavis Smith
Publisher: Puffin Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1995
ISBN-13: 9780140369991
ISBN-10: 0140369996
Debbie seems to be in everyone's way as she searches for just the right place to play ball.
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Young Cam Jansen and the baseball mystery - David A. Adler and Susanna Natti
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780670884810
ISBN-10: 0670884812
A beginning reader mystery book surrounds Cam Jansen, who says "click" every time she tries to remember something, and her friends as they try to find their lost baseball during a game in the park.
Soccer Sam : A Step 4 Book - Jean Marzollo and Blanche Sims
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/1987
ISBN-13: 9780394884066
ISBN-10: 039488406X
Sam's cousin from Mexico comes for an extended visit and teaches Sam and all the second graders to play soccer.
The little league team from the Black Lagoon - Mike Thaler and Jared D. Lee
Publisher: Scholastic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780606053167
ISBN-10: 0606053166
With everyone excited about baseball tryouts, Hubie hopes that practice and a new mitten nicknamed Grabber will help him make the team.
Everyone's hero : keep on swinging! - Tracey West
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/17/2006
ISBN-13: 9780843121193
ISBN-10: 084312119X
Yankee Irving loves baseball--especially Babe Ruth--so when Babe's bat is stolen, Yankee enlists the aid of a talking baseball to go after the thief.
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