Exploring the World of Sports
Linking Fiction to Nonfiction
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 1998
133 pages
978-0-313-07971-9 (ISBN)
Description
Motivate students to read by using a topic they love-sports-and extend learning across the curriculum! Discussion starters, multidisciplinary activities, and topics for further research follow each reading suggestions. Perry describes subject-specific fiction and nonfiction materials that help students make the transition from fiction to expository text. There are also additional print and nonprint sources. Grades K-5.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-07971-9 (9780313079719)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Book
03/1998
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Person
Dr. Phyllis J. Perry is an award-winning author of more than forty books. Recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education, she is an active Colorado writer and educator.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- About the Series
- Introduction
- Part I: BASEBALL
- BOOKWEB
- FICTION
- Albert's Ballgame
- Baseball Card Crazy
- Baseball Saved Us
- Coco Grimes
- Ghost Dog
- The Hit-Away Kid
- How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball
- Mayfield Crossing
- My Dad's Baseball
- The Toilet Paper Tigers
- Zero's Slider
- BRIDGES AND POETRY
- Baseball Kids
- Batboy: An Inside Look at Spring Training
- At the Crack of the Bat
- NONFICTION CONNECTIONS
- Baseball's Greatest Hitters
- Belles of the Ballpark
- Everyone Wins at Tee-Ball
- The Great American Baseball Strike
- Hank Aaron
- The Illustrated Rules of Baseball
- Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line
- Jose Canseco: Baseball Superstar, Famous Record Breaker
- Josh Gibson: Baseball Great
- A Kid's Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards
- Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues
- Part II: BASKETBALL
- BOOKWEB
- FICTION
- Benched!
- Choosing Sides
- Crane's Rebound
- Go to the Hoop!
- My Brother the Star
- Nutty Can't Miss
- On the Line
- Point Guard
- Red-Hot Hightops
- The Revenge of Ho-Tai
- Sara Kate: Superkid
- BRIDGES AND POETRY
- Dave Bing: Basketball Great with a Heart
- Magic Johnson: Hero on and off the Court
- The Break Dance Kids: Poems of Sport, Motion, and Locomotion
- NONFICTION CONNECTIONS
- Basketball's Greatest Players: The Year in Sports 1994
- Chicago Bulls
- Houston Rockets, Basketball Champions: The Year in Sports 1994
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Larry Bird
- Michael Jordan: Basketball to Baseball and Back
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Sports Great Dominique Wilkins
- The Story of Basketball
- Wilt Chamberlain
- The Young Basketball Player
- Part III: FOOTBALL
- BOOKWEB
- FICTION
- Benjy the Football Hero
- The Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback
- Blindside Blitz
- Breaking Loose
- The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed
- The Dog That Stole Football Plays
- Forward Pass
- Game Plan
- The Great Quarterback Switch
- Just for Kicks
- Matt's Crusade
- BRIDGES AND POETRY
- Emmitt Smith: Star Running Back
- Football Kids
- Red Dog, Blue Fly: Football Poems
- NONFICTION CONNECTIONS
- Barry Sanders: Rocket Running Back
- The Best Players: The Year in Sports 1994
- The First Book of Football
- Football
- Jerry Rice
- Joe Montana
- Joe Namath
- Steve Young: Star Quarterback
- The Super Book of Football
- Walter Payton
- William Perry: The Refrigerator
- Part IV: SOCCER, SWIMMING, TRACK AND FIELD
- BOOKWEB
- FICTION
- Albie the Lifeguard
- Cat Running
- The Detective Stars and the Case of the Super Soccer Team
- The End of the Race
- Going the Distance
- Joe's Pool
- The King of Hearts' Heart
- Let's Go Swimming!
- Soccer at Sandford
- When the Water Closes over My Head
- The Winning Stroke
- BRIDGES AND POETRY
- Jesse Owens: Champion Athlete
- Total Soccer
- Sports Pages
- NONFICTION CONNECTIONS
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Superwoman
- Know Your Game: Soccer
- Soccer
- Soccer Techniques in Pictures
- Swimming
- Swimming
- Swimming and Scuba Diving
- Synchronized Swimming Is for Me
- Track's Magnificent Milers
- Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Randolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
- The Young Track and Field Athlete
- Part V: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Media
- Author, Title, Illustrator Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- About the Author
