Thank you all who responded. Here is the list of books that combine Sports with
Character Count Traits:
Teammates, by Peter Golenbock [this also has a terrific opening sentence!]
For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me, by Eloise Greenfield
Angelina and Alice by Katharine Holabird - "Angelina and her best friend Alice
discover the importance of teamwork when their acrobatics are the hit of the
gymnastics show at the village fair."
The Jake Maddox series by Stone Arch Books
Fred Bowen books
Little Granny quarterback / by Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael Sampson ; illustrated
by Michael Chesworth.
Miss Nelson has a field day [produced by] Houghton Mifflin.
Froggy plays soccer / by Jonathan London ; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz.
The best soccer player / by Susan Blackaby ; illustrated by Ryan Haugen.
The mean team from Mars / written and illustrated by Scoular Anderson.
Game time! / by Stuart J. Murphy ; illustrated by Cynthia Jabar.
Sam's goal / by Michael Hardcastle ; illustrated by Tony O'Donnell.
You're a good sport, Miss Malarkey / Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley.
Arthur and the best coach ever / text by Stephen Krensky.
Goofballs! : a book of sports jokes / by Mark Ziegler ; illustrated by Anne
Haberstroh.
Purple pride / by Christianne C. Jones ; illustrated by Todd Ouren.
Arthur and the big blow-up / text by Stephen Krensky ; based on a teleplay by Joe
Fallon.
The worst day of my life / by Bill Cosby ; illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood ;
introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint.
Sports! sports! sports! : a poetry collection / selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ;
pictures by Brian Floca.
Batboy : an inside look at spring training / by Joan Anderson ; photographs by
Matthew Cavanaugh.
Champions on the bench : the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars / by Carole Boston
Weatherford ; illustrations by Leonard Jenkins.
Babe Ruth saves baseball! / by Frank Murphy ; illustrated by Richard Walz. (reader)
The missing championship : a Southside sluggers baseball mystery / created by Glenn
Lewis and Gail Tuchman ; written by Daniel A. Greenberg ; illustrated by Bert
Dodson.
Baseball bats for Christmas / story, Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak ; art, Vladyana
Krykorka.
Ronald Morgan goes to bat / by Patricia Reilly Giff ; illustrated by Susanna Natti.
Negro leagues : all-Black baseball by Emily Brooks / written by Laura Driscoll ;
illustrated by Tracy Mitchell.
Mighty Casey / by James Preller ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell.
Hooray for the Dandelion Warriors! / by Bill Cosby ; illustrated by Varnette P.
Honeywood ; introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint.
Swish! / Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson ; illustrated by Michael Chesworth.
Salt in his shoes : Michael Jordan in pursuit of a dream / by Deloris Jordan with
Roslyn M. Jordan ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Loose tooth / story by Anastasia Suen ; illustrated by Allan Eitzen.
Arthur and the pen-pal playoff/ text by Stephen Krensky.
Cinder-Elly / by Frances Minters ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
Franklin plays hockey / [TV tie-in adaptation written by Sharon Jennings ; and
illustrated by Mark Koren, John Lei, and Jelena Sisic].
Arthur and the goalie ghost / text by Stephen Krensky.
Goofballs! : a book of sports jokes / by Mark Ziegler ; illustrated by Anne
Haberstroh.
Arthur and the recess rookie / text by Stephen Krensky.
Arthur makes the team / [text by Stephen Krensky ; based on the teleplay by Tom
Hertz].
Champions on the Bench: the story of the Cannon Street YMCA All Stars
Family Huddle by Peyton Manning
Adler, David A. Satchel Paige : don't look back. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2007.
Print.
Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson has a field day. Boston [Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Print.
Arnold, Tedd. Hooray for Fly Guy!. New York: Scholastic, 2008. Print.
Barber, Tiki, Ronde Barber, and Robert Burleigh. By my brother's side. New York:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004. Print.
---. Game day. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005. Print.
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin is bossy. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1993. Print.
Bowman, Crystal. Jake plays ball. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zonderkidz, 2007. Print.
Brown, Marc. Arthur Makes the Team. New York: Little Brown and Co, 1998. Print.
Bruchac, Joseph. The great ball game : a Muskogee story. New York: Dial Books for
Young Readers, 1994. Print.
Christopher, Matt. Undercover tailback. Boston: Little Brown, 1992. Print.
Coy, John. Strong to the hoop. New York: Lee & Low Books, 1999. Print.
Curtis, Gavin. The bat boy & his violin. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001. Print.
Giff, Patricia R. Ronald Morgan goes to bat. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking
Kestrel, 1988. Print.
Gutelle, Andrew, and Tom Brannon. Jim Henson's muppets in Win some, lose some : a
book about sportsmanship. Danbury, Conn.: Grolier, 1993. Print.
Gutman, Dan. Coach Hyatt is a riot!. New York: HarperCollins, 2009. Print.
Gutman, Dan, and Ernest L. Thayer. Casey back at bat. New York: HarperCollins,
2007. Print.
Jennings, Sharon, Paulette Bourgeois, and Brenda Clark. Franklin plays hockey. New
York: Scholastic, 2002. Print.
Krensky, Stephen, Joe Fallon, and Marc T. Brown. Arthur and the big blow-up. New
York: Little, Brown, 2000. Print.
London, Jonathan. Froggy plays soccer. New York: Viking, 1999. Print.
Martin, Bill, and Michael Sampson. Swish!. New York: H. Holt, 1997. Print.
McCully, Emily A. Mouse practice. New York: A. Levine/Scholastic, 1999. Print.
Murphy, Frank. Babe Ruth saves baseball!. New York: Random House, 2005. Print.
Raven, Margot T. Let them play. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2005. Print.
Rodriguez, Alex. Out of the ballpark. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Print.
Uhlberg, Myron. Dad, Jackie, and me. Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree, 2005. Print.
Thanks Again!
Brenda Lemon
District Librarian
Chapman School District
Chapman KS. 67431
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