Bolden, Tonya / And Not Afraid to Dare / Bio, YA / Medium / Track and Field / Jackie Joyce-Kersey / Contains a story about Jackie Joyce-Kersey
Lewin, Ted / At Gleason’s Gym / Picture, FIC / Medium / Boxing
Climo, Shirley / Atalanta’s Race / Picture, Myth / Medium / Olympic / Atalanta / An ancient Greek myth
Cooper, Elisha / Ballpark / Picture, NF / Easy / Baseball / Before, during, and after the game.
Mochizuki, Ken / Baseball Saved Us / Picture, Fiction / Easy / Baseball / The role of baseball in the Japanese American internment camps during WWII
Curtis, Gavin / Bat Boy and His Violin, The / Picture, FIC / Easy / Baseball
Pinkney, Andrea / Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin’ Cowboy / Picture, FIC / Easy / Bull riding / Bill Pickett
McKissack JR., Fredrick / Black Hoops / YA, NF / Medium / Basketball / Various / History of African Americans in Basketball
Giblin, James Cross / Century That Was, The / NF / Medium / Various / Various / Includes a short essay about sports.
Paulsen, Gary / Father Water, Mother Woods / YA, Essays / Medium / Hunting and Fishing / Essays on hunting and fishing in the North woods.
Dingle, Derek / First in the Field / Bio, Picture / Medium / Baseball / Jackie Robinson
Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan / Followers of the North Star / Picture, Poetry / Easy / Baseball
Boxing / Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali / Book contains a short poem about each athlete
Deford, Frank / Heart of a Champion, The / YA, Bio / Medium / Various / Sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes
Burleigh, Robert / Home Run / Bio, Picture, Poetry / Easy / Baseball / Babe Ruth
Smith Jr., Charles R. / Hoop Kings / YA, Picture
Poetry / Medium / Basketball / Various
Smith Jr., Charles R. / Hoop Queens / YA, Picture
Poetry / Medium / Basketball / Various
Burleigh, Robert / Hoops / Picture, Poetry / Easy / Basketball / The “feel” of the game
Lee, George / Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes / YA, Bio / Medium / Various / Various / Focuses on boxing, Baseball, football, baseball but includes others
Carroll, Lewis and Myers, Christopher / Jabberwoky / Picture, FIC / Easy / Basketball
Shaunghnessy, Dan / Legend of the Bambino / NF / Medium / Baseball / Babe Ruth
Raven, Margot / Let Them Play / NF / Medium / Little league baseball / Civil Rights success of integrating little league baseball
Krull, Kathleen / Lives of the Athletes / NF, Bio, Picture / Medium / Various / Various / Short biographies
Bachrach, Susan / Nazi Olympics, The / YA, NF, Picture, Bio / Difficult / Olympics / Various / Berlin 1936
Alphin, Elaine / Perfect Shot, The / FIC / Difficult / Basketball / Mystery
Adler, David / Picture Book Of Jesse Owens, A / Picture, Bio, NF / Easy / Track and Field / Jesse Owens
Sturm, James and Tommaso, Rich / Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow / NF / Medium / Baseball / Satchel Paige / Negro League Baseball and integration in sports
Krensky, Stephen / Shooting for the Moon / Bio, picture / Medium / Sharp shooting / Annie Oakley
Ritter, Lawrence / Story of Baseball, The / YA, NF / Medium / Baseball / Various / Contains good information on the game
Macy, Sue / Swifter, Higher, Stronger / Picture, NF, YA / Difficult / Olympics / Various / Summer Olympics
Nelson, Kadir / We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball / NF / Medium / Baseball / Various / Describes race relations in early 20th century baseball
* P = Picture book** Easy = Level 1& 2
YA = Young adult book Medium = Level 3 & 4
BIO = Biography Difficult = GED-level
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction