SPORTS BOOKS HALL OF FAME FOR KIDS AGES 6-11
Any chapter books by authors Matt Christopher, Tim Green, and Mike Lupica are great books with a sports
theme.
Non-Fiction books about sports and sporting activities can be found at J 796 (sports), J 797 (water sports), J
798 (Horseback sports and dog sledding) and J 799 (hunting and fishing.) Books on the Olympic Games can be
found at J 796.48. Books about fitness, including yoga can be found at J 613.7.
For biographies of athletes, do a search in the library’s catalog using keywords “biography”, “juvenile
literature” and the sport you are interested in.
BASEBALL
Players in Pigtails
The Bat Boy & His Violin
Batter Up Wombat
Baseball Saved Us
I’ve been traded for a pizza?
Beverly Billingsly Can’t Catch
Oliver’s Game
The Field Beyond the Outfield
Hooray for Snail!
Kit's Home Run
Arthur and the Seventh Inning
Stretcher
Double-Play Ball
Lucky in Left Field
The Rookie Arrives
Jason and the Baseball Bear
My Grandma, Major League Slugger
Honus & Me
Shoeless Joe & Me
Making the Team
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie
Robinson
Edward's Eyes
The Journal of Biddy Owens
Mop, Moondance, & the
Nagasaki Knights
Safe at home
Hang Tough, Paul Mather
Southpaw
Diamond life: baseball sights,
sounds and swings
Prayer for the Opening of
the Little League Season
Casey at Bat
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BASKETBALL
Hoops
Salt in His Shoes : Michael Jordan in
Pursuit of a Dream
H.O.R.S.E. a Game of Basketball and
Imagination
Mount Olympus basketball
The Winning Basket
Rim shots: basketball Pix, Rolls, and
Rhythms
Hoop Queens
Slam Dunk: Basketball Poems
Cam Jensen and the Basketball
Mystery
The Crossover
Meet Julie: An American Girl
Basketball (or Something Like it)
Arthur and the Pen-Pal Playoff
Choosing Sides
The Million Dollar Shot
Basketball Bats
My Brother the Star
Troubled Waters
Athlete VS Mathlete
Slam Dunk Saturday
Sara Kate, Super Kid
Two by Tunis: Highpockets
and Go, Team, Go!
Dunk Under Pressure
Basketball Mystery
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SPORTS BOOKS HALL OF FAME FOR KIDS AGES 6-11
FOOTBALL
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Goodnight Football
Whatever You Grow Up to Be
The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed
Gunner, Football Hero
Hooray for Fly Guy
Cori Plays Football
Snail Saves the Day
Just for Kicks
The Fast and the Furriest
Double Reverse
Quarterback Season
The Zucchini Warriors
Just my Rotten Luck
Lose Team, Lose!
Benjy the Football Hero
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SOCCER
Blue Ribbon Day
The Soccer Mom from Outer Space
World Team
S.O.R. Losers
Arthur and the Best Coach Ever
Arthur and the Blow Up
Soccer Circus
The Losers Fight Back
Louise, Soccer Star?
Soccer Cousins
The Kicks series
Heads Up
Master of Disaster
Never Say Quit
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OTHER SPORTS
The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee
Story
Snowboard Twist (Snowboarding)
Angelina and Alice (Gymnastics)
Olympig!
At Gleason's gym (Boxing)
Karate Hour
When Jo Louis Won the Title
(Boxing)
Sport-O-Rama
The Kickball Game
Skateboarding Friends
(Skateboarding)
Need for Speed (Racing)
Cartwheel Katie (Gymnastics)
Samantha’s Blue Bicycle (Cycling)
Chive (Skateboarding)
The Big Bike Race (Cycling)
Roller Girl (Roller Derby)
Josie’s Beau (Skateboarding)
End of the Race (Track)
Rinehart Lifts (Weightlifting)
Girl Sports Stories series
Gemma the Gymnastics Fairy
Sports Fairies series
Sly the sleuth and the Sports
Mysteries
Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up
Karate Dancer
The Karate Mouse
Crane (Martial Arts)
The Mystery of the Stolen
Snowboard (Snowboarding)
The Mystery of the Stolen
Snowboard
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist
Sports Pages
American Sports Poems
Opening Days : Sports Poems
World’s Best Sports Riddles & Jokes
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