Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull
from Voyager Books
Harriers: The Making of a Championship Cross Country Team
by Joseph Shivers
from Holy Macro! Books
The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport! (Everything Kids Series)
by Deborah Crisfield
from Adams Media
Are you among the millions of kids who live to play soccer? If you are, you'll love The Everything Kids' Soccer Book! Inside this exciting book, you'll find out how to excel at this hugely popular sport, with professional instruction on:
The complete rules of the game
Techniques for dribbling, trapping, and heading the ball
The arts of defense and goaltending
Winning techniques and drills
Tips on how to maintain possession of the ball
Soccer player and coach Deborah W. Crisfield gives you lots of advice on stretching, endurance building, and strength training. Along the way, she includes some amazing facts on the World Cup and American soccer stars, such as Landon Donovan and Mia Hamm, and offers dozens of puzzles and games. The Everything Kids' Soccer Book is definitely a GOAL!
My Soccer Book
by Gail Gibbons
from HarperCollins
Soccer is fun - let's play!
Find all the basics in this lively guide.
- The markings on a soccer field
- What soccer players wear
- The positions, from forward to goalkeeper
- The excitement of pasing a ball
- The thrill of making a goal
All these and more are included, with a useful glossary at the end.
Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster & Go Farther
by Carol Goodrow
from Breakaway Books
A book about running—written just for kids.
Kids Running tells you all you need to know about this wonderful sport: getting started, training, fun runs, races, proper footwear, good eating habits, cross-training, safety, running games, after-school clubs, clothing, mileage tracking, and journal writing.
With a lively mix of pictures, information, vocabulary, and some entertaining asides, this book will help channel all that youthful energy toward excellent running, and a lifetime of good health.
Recommended for grades 1 through 6.
Mia Hamm: On the Field with... (Matt Christopher Sports Biographies)
by Matt Christopher
from Little, Brown Young Readers
Franklin Plays The Game (Franklin)
by Paulette Bourgeois
from Scholastic Paperbacks
Franklin can count forwards and backwards. He can zip zippers and button buttons. He can slide down a riverbank by himself. He can even sleep alone is his small, dark shell. And he's trying very hard to be the best player on his soccer team.
Soccer Cats #1: The Captain Contest
by Matt Christopher
from Little, Brown Young Readers
Dewey London and Bundy Neel are psyched about the new summer soccer league, until they learn about the contest to be team captain: whoever draws the best team logo will be named captain. Should artistic Dewey enter even though Bundy would make a better captain?
The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia
by Clive Gifford
from Kingfisher
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