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by
Naomi Osaka
(102)
Summary: In a rhythmic celebration of sport and play, four-time Grand Slam champion and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka shares key steps to becoming a true champ, including being kind, working as a team, doing your best, and most importantly, having fun.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT OSAKA
Location: New Junior Picture Books - Movement
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by
Anne F. Rockwell
Series:
Good Sports (Anne Rockwell)
(24)
Summary: Brendan and Belinda and their dad, Mr. Porker, learn that being a good sport means playing the game well and having fun too.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT ROCKWELL
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Chris Paul
(139)
Summary: Although he is shorter than most of his classmates and everyone discourages him from trying out for the basketball team, eight-year-old Chris Paul, future NBA All-Star, just works harder than everyone else so his size will not matter.
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Call #: J P BIO PAUL
Location: Junior Picture Books - Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
H. A. Rey
Series:
Curious George (New Adventures)
(366)
Summary: Curious George and the man in the yellow hat attend a baseball game to cheer on the Mudville Miners.
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Call #: J P STORIES CURIOUS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Deloris Jordan
(1,584)
Summary: Young Michael Jordan, who is smaller than the other players, learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball.
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Call #: J P BIO JORDAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Biography
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Peter Maloney
(118)
Summary: When her parents win Wayne Gretzky's hockey stick at a charity auction, a young girl begins playing with it and becomes her team's star.
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Call #: J P STORIES MALONEY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mike Leonetti
(26)
Summary: The true story of Jacques Plante - the celebrated netminder from Quebec and goaltending's greatest innovator - inspires young Marc to think independently, practice his skills and to win the confidence of his hockey coach.
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Call #: J P STORIES LEONETTI
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Dan Gutman
(84)
Summary: A boy's grandfather tells him about the famous Rose Bowl game in 1929 when the University of California Golden Bears lost after one of their players ran the wrong way down the football field.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT GUTMAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Maryann Kovalski , illustrator
(34)
Summary: A grandmother takes her two granddaughters to a ballgame. Includes music and text to the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (words by Jack Norworth; music by Albert von Tilzer).
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT KOVALSKI
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Rachel Isadora , illustrator
(51)
Summary: Uses a story about a young girl who loves to ice skate to introduce the sport: the parts and care of skates, the techniques of different skating moves, and ice skating competitions.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT ISADORA
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Debbie Moldovan
(7)
Summary: This story is for the kids who toss the bat to choose captains and pick teams, playing in a neighborhood field or an empty lot. You'll find no coaches, no concession stands, and sometimes just an old...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT MOLDOVAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Stephen Curry
(96)
Summary: A young child learns that he does not have to be the strongest, fastest, or jump the highest, but as long as he has determination and heart any goal is achievable.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT CURRY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Helen Lester
(159)
Summary: An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT LESTER
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Chris Van Dusen , illustrator
(901)
Summary: Randy Riley, a science genius who loves baseball but is not very good at it, needs to use both his interests to save his town from a giant fireball that is heading their way.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT VAN DUSEN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Beth Ferry
(93)
Summary: When Grandy invites Frannie to tee off with him at the golf course, Frannie and her mother misunderstand and pack a picnic basket for a lovely tea time.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT FERRY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Alex Rodriguez
(69)
Summary: Although Alex is nervous about his role in the approaching baseball playoffs and championship game, he soon figures out how to fix his mistakes and become a better player.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT RODRIGUEZ
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Lisa Wheeler
Series:
Dino Sports Books
(368)
Summary: Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastodon Square Garden.
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Call #: J P DINOS WHEELER
Location: Junior Picture Books - Dinosaurs
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jez Alborough
Series:
Duck Books (Jez Alborough)
(273)
Summary: When Duck hits the ball into a tree during a friendly game of baseball, he and his animal friends try to work together to get it back.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT ALBOROUGH
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Harry Allard
(2,823)
Summary: The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT ALLARD
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Marsha Diane Arnold
(226)
Summary: An Australian sheep rancher who eats pumpkins for energy enters a race from Melbourne to Sydney, despite people laughing at his eccentricities.
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Call #: J P STORIES ARNOLD
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
David Bouchard
(36)
Summary: Etienne takes his cousin out to play street hockey for the first time.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT BOUCHARD
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Maribeth Boelts
(331)
Summary: For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than the "lot" in her neighborhood. For her last game, Sierra asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work.
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Call #: J P STORIES BOELTS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
J. Brian Pinkney , illustrator
(279)
Summary: Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT PINKNEY
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Andrew Larsen
(125)
Summary: A young boy doesn't want to go to bed. The hockey game is on! After his parents have tucked him in and turned out the light, he shines a flashlight on his prized hockey possessions around his room:...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT LARSEN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ken Mochizuki
(3,741)
Summary: A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
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Call #: J P HISTORY MOCHIZUKI
Location: Junior Picture Books - History
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael B. Kaplan
Series:
Betty Bunny Books
(219)
Summary: When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
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Call #: J P STORIES KAPLAN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jonathan London
Series:
Froggy Books (Jonathan London)
(784)
Summary: Although Froggy is very excited when his Dream Team plays for the city soccer championship, he makes a mistake on the field that almost costs the team the game.
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Call #: J P STORIES LONDON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Aaron Meshon , illustrator
(723)
Summary: A little boy's grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan, teach him about baseball and its rich, varying cultural traditions.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT MESHON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jane Yolen
(53)
Summary: Danny always strikes out, but in a dream he plays baseball with the moon and stars and finds it an eminently satisfying experience.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT YOLEN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Carol Nevius
(157)
Summary: Rhyming text portrays the exuberance of an hour of karate class. Includes nonfiction information at end.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT NEVIUS
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Deborah Turney Zagwyn , illustrator
(17)
Summary: Because of their persistence, Delmore succeeds in learning how to hit a baseball and his mother Loretta succeeds in growing apples.
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Call #: J P STORIES ZAGWYN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Stories
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lisl H. Detlefsen
(166)
Summary: From what to wear (a bathing suit, of course!) to what to expect (no, your teacher will not be a mermaid), this book covers the what ifs and how tos of getting in the pool for the first time. There's...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT DETLEFSEN
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Gaia Cornwall , illustrator
(4,511)
Summary: Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari,...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT CORNWELL
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tom Paxton
(27)
Summary: The jungle animals enjoy a rousing game of baseball.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT PAXTON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jesse Joshua Watson , illustrator
(107)
Summary: A young boy finds hope when he is given an old soccer ball to play with in the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT WATSON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ray Negron
(23)
Summary: A young boy stricken with cancer has his dream come true when he gets to be a Yankee batboy for a day.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT NEGRON
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Paul Harbridge
(378)
Summary: The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it's Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the...
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT HARBRIDGE
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
David Wiesner , illustrator
(685)
Summary: In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
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Call #: J P MOVEMENT WIESNER
Location: Junior Picture Books - Movement
copies in: 1 of 1
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