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This well-made documentary would be an excellent resource for high school classes studying history and social studies and is recommended for public and school libraries.
Understanding a sport’s history and record-breaking accomplishments helps put current champions’ records into perspective and lays the groundwork for learning about new activities such as parkour and mixed martial arts.
Fans will relish this set, though "Side-by-Side Sports" (Capstone, 2014) covers similar territory with better organization and more context.
Mid-elementary sports fans will be delighted by these titles, which offer glimpses of the achievements that made certain players, coaches, and teams stand out from others. Plenty of color action photographs, lively descriptions, and "remarkable records" and "stat-tastic" sidebars enhance the texts. Engaging and easy to navigate, the books fulfill the needs of both leisure reading and school assignments. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sports Illustrated Kids: Who's Who of Pro Sports titles: Who's Who of Pro Baseball? and Who's Who of Pro Football?.
With the approach of the 2016 Olympics, these strong books will be welcome additions.
"The action. The drama. The glory." This series introduces popular sports included in the summer Olympics. Each volume traces the sport's history through a worldwide lens and discusses the technical aspects of the game or individual events within the sport. With attention-grabbing prose, high-interest subject matter, and captivating action shots, the series should be attractive to budding athletes. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Summer Olympic Sports titles: Combat Sports, Track and Field, Volleyball, Basketball, Gymnastics, and Swimming and Diving.