Product Description: One of the first Latin Americans to play Major League Baseball, Roberto Clemente was a true trailblazer. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the athletes life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms.

Being on a softball team teaches girls the value of teamwork, helps them become more confident, and allows them to grow into healthy and active women. Readers discover these and other important benefits of playing softball, while also learning the basic rules of the game. Informative main text is accompanied by eye-catching fact boxes and a detailed graphic organizer. Vivid photographs of softball players in action bring the excitement of the field to each page. Readers also explore the inspiring stories of famous softball players and successful teams, finding new role models as they learn about this popular sport.

Product Description: Carefully leveled text and vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about the basics of the sport of baseball. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Baseball fans may never crush a major league homer, but they can still capture some glory by playing fantasy baseball. Using statistical data and basic math, young baseball fans can learn all they need to know to run their own fantasy team and dominate their league.

Product Description: Kids won't be able to put down these weird and wacky stories about those involved with the game of baseball. The goofy, and sometimes amazing, trivia will keep readers in awe–and in stitches.

Product Description: This title gives students an inside look at the fundamentals of baseball, as well as the rules and equipment used.

"Do you think about science when you play baseball? Probably not. But you use science anyway." In sports, Making the Play involves more than athletic skill—it's all possible because of physics! Linking scientific concepts such as momentum and launch angle to actions common to each sport, this new series unveils the unseen world of forces at work behind each bat, ball, or club. High-contrast design and relatable images of people at play provide a colorful backdrop to each high-interest title. An elementary introduction to the physics involved in the sport of baseball, including scientific concepts such as momentum and trajectory, and actions such as pitching and batting. Includes TOC, diagrams, glossary, book references, websites, and index. Full-color photographs throughout.

Product Description: A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a BMX bike race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram.

Product Description: Profiles some of the most accomplished players and managers in baseball history, including Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Connie Mack, and Mike Trout.

Product Description: A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a high-speed power boat race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram.

Product Description: "A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a monster truck race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--

Product Description: "A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a go-kart race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--

This insightful guide to cricket helps the reader explore the rules, techniques, training, and skills involved as well as giving historical flashbacks, world records, and mini-biographies of sporting heroes.