A is for Amazing Moments

A is for Amazing Moments
 written by Brad Herzog



Sportswriter Brad Herzog shares some of the greatest moments in sports from A-Z as part of an extensive and ever expanding series of ABC books for all ages, but especially for tweens and teens.

Each letter of the alphabet has an oil painting and caption to identify the defining word, event, or person, and in the margin of each page is the running commentary detailing the page in historical perspective.

See how well you really know your sports trivia but I guarantee that you'll walk away after reading this book with something new you didn't know before!

This book is for all sports fans...but don't stop here! We have a growing collection of these books from the alphabet series. Just take a look to see the titles you'll find in our library!

ISBN: 978-1-58536-360-5

Skateboarder's Start-Up

Skateboarder's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Skateboarding Second Edition
   written by Doug Werner and Steve Badillo

Contents:
Safety is in your head
Skateboard, anatomy of
Getting a feel for it: Basics
Foundations: 14 Tricks you should know
Genesis: A History                       

This is a great book for the beginning skateboarder, complete with step by step directions on tricks, tips on safety and skateboard park courtesy, how to keep your skateboard in great operating condition, and basic skills to master. It's an easy read with lots and lots of photos to add visual context to the how-to content that makes this a must-read for the start-up skateboarder.

Reviews state that the original of this book sold over 75,000 copies.
I wonder what our circulation stats will look like for this title at the end of this year?

ISBN: 978-1-884654-34

767 Sports Questions Your Friends Can't Answer

767 Sports Questions Your Friends Can't Answer
              edited by Wallie Walker Hammond
              published by Thomson Peterson's
                                                  

There are so many tween sports fanatics at our school and this book presents  a challenge as well as a great read for sports trivia fans.

The book is a series of set of trivia questions (737) organized by chapter and sports topic including Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, Auro Racing, Women in Sports, Golf, Tennis, Olympic Games, Coaches, Hall of Famers, Boxing, Championship Teams, and Retired Numbers. At the end of each chapter there are sets of answers to the questions presented.

Also provided is a scoring key to rank yourself among other readers of the book according to the publishers.

This would make a great car travel book for a sports-minded family to help pass the time and have a great family read together, or for a group of kids who hang out together after games, scouting, or other activities.

I plan to use the book to post a sports trivia question weekly on my website for students to check in and respond to. I love these kinds of books for browsing and I often see students choosing other books as a result in order to dig deeper into sports content after becoming interested by a specific piece of trivia.

ISBN: 978-7689-2458-9