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Dance

2024
Introduces young readers to dance, discussing the sport's history, styles, and dancers.
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Football

2024
Introduces young readers to football, discussing the sport's history, teams, and athletes.
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Basketball

2024
Introduces young readers to basketball, discussing the sport's history, teams, and athletes.
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Baseball and softball

2024
Introduces young readers to baseball and softball, discussing each sport's history, teams, and athletes.
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Major Taylor

world cycling champion
"One hundred years ago, one of the most popular spectator sports was bicycle racing, and the man to beat was Marshall 'Major' Taylor who set records in his teens and won his first world championship by age twenty. The first African American world champion in cycling and the second Black athlete to win a world championship in any sport, Major Taylor faced down challenge after challenge, not least the grueling Six-Day Race, a test of speed, strength, and endurance. With energy, heart, and pounding verse, Charles R. Smith Jr. evokes the excitement of the crowd at Madison Square Garden as Major powered through exhaustion, hallucinations, and racist abuse from fellow riders, who tried to crash his bike throughout the competition. Leo Espinosa's dynamic illustrations capture the action, and as day six draws to a close, and Major's odds narrow, there is little doubt that his triumphant rise and legacy as an international cycling champion are assured--whatever the outcome of one race--in this high-octane tribute to a trailblazing athlete"--Provided by the publisher.
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The hurricane girls

2023
After an accident, seventh graders Joya Mia and Kiki help their best friend Greer cope by signing up for a triathlon.
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Flipping forward twisting backward

2023
"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled 'stupid'--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading"--Provided by publisher.
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Nike

sportswear and brand-building powerhouse
2024
Nike is one of the most popular sports apparel brands on the market. But before it grew to the worldwide success it is today, the brand started in Oregon with a college track and field coach, a wild idea, and a waffle iron. This title introduces fans to the history of one of the most iconic brands in sports. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, an important people section, a glossary, and an index.
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Adidas

athletic apparel trailblazer
2024
For decades, the Adidas brand has been famous for its sports gear and apparel-and for the high-profile athletes who wear them. This title introduces fans to the history of one of the most well-known sports apparel companies in the world. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, an important people section, a glossary, and an index.
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Run on your new legs

2023
"When the worsening pandemic forces schools to close temporarily, Kikuzato and the other members of the track and field club must find creative ways to keep up their training. The anticipation of his new custom running prosthesis is more than enough to motivate Kikuzato, but his excitement is undercut by the presence of his father, now working from home. Will being in close quarters bring father and son together or drive them even further apart?!"--Back cover.
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