Sports & outdoor recreation (Children's&YA) books

Describes the history, rules, and styles of wrestling.  Read More >>

Describes the equipment and techniques of kayaking, canoeing, rowing, and yachting.  Read More >>

Introduces judo, karate, and several other martial arts, highlighting safety and the mental discipline involved....  Read More >>

Describes the history of track competitions, the various events involved, as well as several of the stars in this...  Read More >>

Describes the history, equipment, events, and scoring of gymnastics.  Read More >>

Explores the history, skills, and techniques of soccer.  Read More >>

39 accurately detailed illustrations: divers on site of ancient Greek shipwreck, remains of 9th-century Viking ship,...  Read More >>

Before Wilma was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg and doctors said she'd never walk. But Wilma refused...  Read More >>

Aimed at high school, college and general readers, the books in this series provide up-to-date career information....  Read More >>

Aimed at children aged between one and seven years, this book is intended to get kids interested in the sport at...  Read More >>

Draw football fans away from the screen and onto the page, and keep the game alive during the off-season by providing...  Read More >>

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Describes the history of in-line skating and the equipment, techniques, skills, and safety concerns involved in...  Read More >>

Describes the history, equipment, competitions, and practice of sport climbing, both in climbing gyms and outdoors...  Read More >>

Before Wilma was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg and doctors said she'd never walk. But Wilma refused...  Read More >>

This title describes how caves are formed, and the rocks, plants, and animals that live in caves.  Read More >>

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A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the...  Read More >>

Aimed at children interested in learning to water ski, this text shows that it is fun to ski, and that falling while...  Read More >>

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A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win...  Read More >>