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I have a sports-loving son (age 9) and I'm looking for book suggestions. I wasn't sure which heading to put this post under, though, because I'm looking for any sports-oriented book - great literature, historical, nonfiction, geographical, mathematical, etc. Really, any good book related to sports. His current favorite sports are football, basketball (it is March Madness) and soccer. Thanks!!
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So primarily chapter books? Or are some more detailed picture book type okay as well?
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Look out -- here comes the wind-up!!! Too bad one of his isn't baseball. Mary could really throw some strikes there!
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JennGM wrote:
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Look out -- here comes the wind-up!!! Too bad one of his isn't baseball. Mary could really throw some strikes there! |
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JennGM wrote:
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Look out -- here comes the wind-up!!! |
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That's what I thought! I know Mary will hit this one outta the park!! I have one to start the "ball" rolling! ( )
More Champions In Sports and Spirit by Ed Fitzgerald, oop Vision Book, copyright 1959
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You are all hilarious! Love it!
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HOnestly, I'm looking for anything. Chapter books would be nice, but any good picture book is great, too.
Thanks to all of you!
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So, I won't post the baseball list of picture books - if you are interested you can check out the thread devoted to the topic. 
And here is a list of picture books I put togther for a different sports thread.
For basketball it seems the main picturebook character is Mr. "Air" himself - Michael Jordan.
Jump (Floyd COoper) - tells of Michael's early years when his brothers were better players than he was and how he didn't make the the varsity team. Story of sibling competition, hard work and determination. Has a fun fold out page to highlight his famous jumping ability.
Salt in His Shoes (Deloris Jordan) - I loved this book by his mom - offering personal perspective only a mom could. Focus is on Michael's desire to "grow" so he can be a better player and his mom's advice which includes prayer. And she prays for him, too. Combined with dad's advice of hard work and practice, it is quite charming and offers good wholesome life lessons.
For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me (Eloise Greenfield) - didn't really care for this one as much. Kind of a surreal mix of illustrations of Michael Jordan playing basketball and children following their dreams - spirit like images interwined. It's a "choose your path in life - feel the strength of your spirit" theme book.
Hoops (Robert Burleigh) - written from a perspective that makes you feel like you're playing the game - great descriptive language. I think this quote from the book jacket captures the tone: "...beautiful and dynamic pictures capture all the energy and passion of the frozen moments that make a game." The language used captures that feeling as well.
For football:
Win One for the Gipper, America's Football Hero (Kathy-Jo Wargin) - Story of the famous Notre Dame player, George Gipp and the even more famous Knute Rockne quote he inspired. Great inspirational football story and lovely nostalgic illustrations. (Did you know he originally went to Notre Dame to play baseball  ? )
And these books about Jim Thorpe are good as well. He was a talented all-around athlete, but football plays a big part of the stories as well.
Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe (Don Brown) - Chronicles Thorpe's hard-scrabble childhood and athletic rise to greatness. I enjoyed the fun ink and watercolor illustrations. Makes me want to check out more of the author's picture book biographies.
Jim Thorpe's Bright Path (Joseph Bruchac) - Covers basically the same story as the other Thorpe book, but longer more detailed text. Has nice historic notes and timeline in endnotes.
A few random biographies of sports figures:
Joe Louis, America’s Fighter (David Adler)
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist (Lesa Cline-Ransome)
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Mary,
thanks so much! All the books are even at our library -yeah!
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