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1-19 of 19 results for All Resources

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball

Written by John Coy

What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...

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Rookie of the Year (Rip and Red)

Written by Phil Bildner

Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them, as Tiki, a new girl whose Egyptian...

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The Mighty Dynamo

Written by Kieran Crowley

More than anything, Noah Murphy wants to be a professional soccer player―and participating in the...

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The Crossover

Written by Kwame Alexander

Winner of 2014 Newbery and Coretta Scott King Awards for children's literature. Written in verse, basketball is a metaphor for life for twin middle school boys Jordan and Josh.

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Skateboards (21st Century Skills Library: Global Products)

Written by Robert Green

Skateboards are not just popular in America, they are popular in England, China, and Japan as well....

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Soccer (Real World Math: Sports)

Written by Cecilia Minden

Learn about the connection between math and soccer.

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Soccer (Innovation in Sports)

Written by K C Kelley

In the complex world of the 21st century, the ability to use innovation to solve problems or make...

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Sports Broadcasting (Innovation in Entertainment)

Written by Prof Michael Teitelbaum

In 1920, the first collegiate football game was broadcast on Radio. Today, many sports actually...

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Tennis (Real World Math: Sports)

Written by Katie Marsico and Cecilia Minden

Learn about the connection between math and tennis.

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Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America

Written by Sharon Robinson

A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique...

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe And The Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Written by Steve Sheinkin

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog...

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Booked

Written by Kwame Alexander

In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship,...

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The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

Written by Mick Cochrane

Molly doesn’t want to be seen as “Miss Difficulty Overcome”; she wants to make herself known...

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All Heart

Written by Carliand Wayne Coffey Lloyd

In her own words, Carli Lloyd, the two-time recipient of the FIFA World Player of the Year award,...

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The Extra Yard

Written by Mike Lupica

Teddy, a young football player, learns that sometimes bridging the distance in your family can be...

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Point Guard

Written by Mike Lupica

Gus and Cassie have always been on the same team off the field, but in this third novel in New York...

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Tangerine

Written by Edward Bloor

Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s...

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Stealing Home: The Story Of Jackie Robinson

Written by Barry Denenberg

Jackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the...

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Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a way to escape his unhappy surroundings.

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