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

Written by John Coy and Illustrated by Joe Morse
What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...
2nd - 6th
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Pele, King of Soccer / Pele, El rey del futbol

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Randy Gutierrez
Pelé goes from playing soccer for fun with his father and friends to being the King of Soccer. He...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby

Written by Crystal Hubbard and Illustrated by Robert McGuire
This book tells the true story of Jimmy Winkfield, the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby...
1st - 4th
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Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big

Written by Chris Paul and Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Everybody told Chris that he was too small to play basketball. But he ignored them all...because he...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Little Rhino: My New Team

Written by Krystle Howard
Second grader Little Rhino loves baseball and can't wait to start playing on a team, but when he...
2nd - 4th
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Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers—Sports: Let's Talk Swimming

Written by Amanda Miller
These early readers bring young atheletes and fans face to face with their favorite sport!
K - 3rd
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A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

Written by David A. Adler and Illustrated by Robert Casilla
Before Usain Bolt or Tyson Gay, Bob Beamon or Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens was perhaps the greatest and...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers—Sports: Let's Talk Baseball

Written by Janice Behrens
These early readers bring young athletes and fans face to face with their favorite sport!
1st - 3rd
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Queen of the Track

Written by Heather Lang and Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
When Alice Coachman was a girl, most white people wouldn't even shake her hand. Yet when the King of...
K - 4th
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My Weird School Daze: Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!

Written by Dan Gutman
Things are not as they should be in this School! Children will enjoy seeing the shoe on the other...
2nd - 3rd
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Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee
For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...
K - 6th
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Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

Written by Suzanne Slade and Illustrated by Don Tate
In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Snowman Paul at the Winter Olympics

Written by Yossi Lapid and Illustrated by Joanna Pasek
Snowman Paul wants to win a gold medal at the Winter Games! He trains hard and has an amazing...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

Written by Traci Sorell and Illustrated by Arigon Starr

The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American...

1st - 4th
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Girl on a Motorcycle

Written by Amy Novesky and Illustrated by Julie Morstad

A picture book biography by an award-winning team about the first woman to ride a motorcycle around...

K - 4th
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Michael Morpurgo

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Twelve-year-old Bonny has always wanted to be a world-champion cyclist, maybe even an Olympic...

2nd - 5th

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