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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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Rookie of the Year (Rip and Red)

Written by Phil Bildner and Illustrated by Tim Probert
Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them, as Tiki, a new girl whose Egyptian...
3rd - 6th
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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...
3rd - 8th
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Soccer (Real World Math: Sports)

Written by Cecilia Minden
Learn about the connection between math and soccer.
3rd - 8th
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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...
3rd - 8th
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Tennis (Real World Math: Sports)

Written by Katie Marsico and Cecilia Minden
Learn about the connection between math and tennis.
3rd - 8th
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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...
3rd - 7th
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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...
3rd - 7th
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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...

3rd - 7th
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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...
3rd - 7th
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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 to the...
3rd - 7th
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I Am: Roberto Clemente

Written by Jim Gigliotti
Told with a timeline, maps, illustrations, sidebars and a top ten list of facts, these insightful...
3rd - 5th
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Dad, Jackie and Me

Written by Myron Uhlberg
In 1947, a boy and his deaf father forge bond by cheering on the Dodgers’ barrier-breaking first...
3rd - 5th
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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...
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