Books in Sports Great Books series

Sports Great Books for reluctant readers are high-interest biographies with easy-reading text about star athletes. All sports fans will love these books, and students will enjoy using them for biography reports. Each indexed book contains career statistics, action photographs, Internet addresses, and exciting accounts that give readers the feel of the big game.A biography of the Chicago Cubs home-run hitter; from his impoverished youth growing up in the Dominican Republic, to his initial struggles as a major-league hitter, to his emergence as a home run king.

Artistic gymnastics is a demonstration on strength, athletics, and grace. Gymnastics has athletes and moments that leave the world in awe. Nadia Comaneci was 14 years old when she was the first person to get a perfect score at the Olympics. Kohei Uchimura showed why he’s the best in the world when he won the all-around title five years in a row. Gabby Douglas crushed her competition to become the first black gymnast to claim gold in the all-around event. Gymnastics: Great Moments, Records, and Facts show the people and events that make the sport great! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Sports Great Books for reluctant readers are high-interest biographies with easy-reading text about star athletes. All sports fans will love these books, and students will enjoy using them for biography reports. Each indexed book contains career statistics, action photographs, Internet addresses, and exciting accounts that give readers the feel of the big game.A biography of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, whose father was also a professional quarterback. Discusses what it was like for Peyton to grow up the son of an NFL great, through his stellar college career at Tennessee, up to his present-day accomplishments as an NFL quarterback.