Age
6-9
Grade
3-4
Alice Low, John O'Brien
The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems About How Sports Began
Hardcover
(Holiday House Sept. 15, 2009)
Have you ever wondered how your favorite sport began? Basketball got its start when a physical education instructor invented a new game for bored students. The original soccer ball might have been a skull! The history of other sports is just as surprising--bowling was part of an early religious ritual; lacrosse games used to stretch for miles and last for days; and the king of France once outlawed tennis because it was a gambling game!Alice Low's witty poems, vividly ilustrated by John O'Brien's uproarious cartoons, hit a true home run for readers.
- ISBN
- 0823419053 / 9780823419050
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 16.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 0.4
in.