sports

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Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown

2011
Second-grader Stink's parents tell him he must play a sport after he gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

Classic rivalries

2009
This book explores the very best feuds, including the Red Sox and Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, and Ohio State and Michigan.

Who invented basketball?

and other questions kids have about sports
2010
Answers simple questions children have about sports, including who invented basketball, how many players are on a football team, why a baseball is white with red stitches, and what happens during a triathlon.

Sports camp

2010
Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.

Spectacular sports records

1991
Presents world records in the field of sports, including the fastest sport, the longest bike race, and the batter with the most homeruns.

Sports

1992
Trivia about a wide range of international sports and sporting events, both historical and contemporary.

Sports and games in verse and rhyme

1975
A compilation of poems about kite flying, fishing, sledding, swimming, and other outdoor activities.

The little league team from the Black Lagoon

2009
Hubie, who desperately wants to make the little league team in Spring, receives a new mitt from his mom and practices hard, but when he becomes sick, his big opportunity might escape him.

Baseball science

2009
Explains the scientific principles that come into play in a baseball game and how science has been used to improve player performance.

Don't sit on my lunch!

2005
When first-grader Freddy decides to try out for peewee hockey, his archenemy and school bully Max decides to also try out for the one slot left on the team.

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