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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Sports
CLIMB, DIVE, SKATE, AND RACE into the wide world of sports! This lively reference book, co-branded with ESPN, introduces young readers to a variety of sports from across the globe and explores how they are played.
Whether a sport needs a ball or a stick, a pool or a field, a racquet or a ski pole, young readers can explore each sport’s history and the rules and skills that make that sport unique. From basketball to soccer, lacrosse to cricket, archery to diving, bowling to skateboarding, snowboarding to playground games, this lively reference book covers a variety of team and individual sports. Special sections look at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Whether you’re interested in team sports, solo sports, or watching from the stands, this book has something for everyone. Let’s play!
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Expand your collection with these popular titles from the best-selling National Geographic
Little Kids First Big Book
Whether a sport needs a ball or a stick, a pool or a field, a racquet or a ski pole, young readers can explore each sport’s history and the rules and skills that make that sport unique. From basketball to soccer, lacrosse to cricket, archery to diving, bowling to skateboarding, snowboarding to playground games, this lively reference book covers a variety of team and individual sports. Special sections look at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Whether you’re interested in team sports, solo sports, or watching from the stands, this book has something for everyone. Let’s play!
Features
Expand your collection with these popular titles from the best-selling National Geographic
Little Kids First Big Book
- GenresNonfiction
128 pages, Hardcover
Published March 7, 2023
About the author
James Buckley Jr.
303 books73 followersIn addition to his work as a professional editor, James Buckley, Jr., is also the author of many books on American sports that are geared toward young fans and budding athletes.
Buckley, who has founded a company called Shoreline Publishing Group to produce books for reluctant readers, maintains that sports are far more than simple hobbies or ways to burn off excess energy.
Buckley, who has founded a company called Shoreline Publishing Group to produce books for reluctant readers, maintains that sports are far more than simple hobbies or ways to burn off excess energy.
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November 21, 2023
An introduction to a wide variety of sports for kids.
This starts with the "big five" as they call them: basketball, football (US), baseball, soccer, and hockey. Each of those sports gets several page spreads with the basic rules, playing areas, moves, and positions outlined. After that the book has chapters with 1-2 pages on each sport of other team sports, individual sports, winter sports, and the olympics (winter, summer, paralympics, and special). It does a pretty good job of covering all the main sports kids would play around the world and throws in a couple more obscure ones too.
This starts with the "big five" as they call them: basketball, football (US), baseball, soccer, and hockey. Each of those sports gets several page spreads with the basic rules, playing areas, moves, and positions outlined. After that the book has chapters with 1-2 pages on each sport of other team sports, individual sports, winter sports, and the olympics (winter, summer, paralympics, and special). It does a pretty good job of covering all the main sports kids would play around the world and throws in a couple more obscure ones too.
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