Younger Readers (K-2nd) | Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th) | Older Readers (5th & Up)
| Eight Animals Play Ball Eight animal friends play baseball in the park. |
Elya, Susan Middleton |
| Wonder Goal A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him. |
Foreman, Michael |
| Last One In Is a Rotten Egg After Freddy is pushed into the pool by a couple of kids, he decides to learn to swim. |
Kessler, Leonard |
| Here Comes the Strikeout Bobby becomes a game winning hitter with the help of a friend and hard work. |
Kessler, Leonard |
| Kick, Pass, and Run After watching a football game, the animals form their own teams. |
Kessler, Leonard |
| Old Turtle's Soccer Team Old Turtle teaches the animals to play soccer. |
Kessler, Leonard |
| Backyard Basketball Superstar Jeremy's sister tries out for his basketball team and Jeremy is not happy about it. |
Klein, Monica |
| Gus and Grandpa at Basketball Gus likes basketball but the noise of the games bothers him until grandpa gives him some advice. |
Mills,Claudia |
| Mice at Bat Two teams of mice play a championship ball game. |
Oechsli, Kelly |
| Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game. |
Parish, Peggy |
| The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth Jackie Mitchell, seventeen year old female baseball player, takes on Babe Ruth in an exhibition game. |
Patrick, Jean L.S. |
| The Mud Flat Olympics Everyone that participates in the Olympics gets to go to a picnic after the games. |
Stevenson, James |
| Henry and Melinda Team Up When the three Harvey brothers move in next door, they think that Melinda is too little to play basketball. |
Sullivan, Silky |
| World Team Meet kids all around the world who share the love of soccer. |
Vyner, Tim |
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Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th)
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| America's Champion Swimmer Describes the life of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. |
Adler, David |
| Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball Cam uses her photographic memory to identify the person who stole a valuable autographed baseball. |
Adler, David |
| Arthur Makes the Team Arthur worries that he won't be able to play baseball as well as the others on his Little League Team. |
Brown, Marc Tolon |
| Baseball Fever Ezra tries to convince his scholarly father that his interest in baseball is not wasting his mind. |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
| Crane's Rebound At summer basketball camp, Les must cope with loneliness, peer pressure, boy-girl problems, and a talented but obnoxious roommate. |
Jackson, Alison |
| Wilma Unlimited Biography of a woman who overcame poverty and polio to become an athlete and participate in the Olympics. |
Krull, Kathleen |
| Hour of the Olympics The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece to witness the original Olympic games. |
Osborne, Mary Pope |
| Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day (series) Junie B. Jones is captain of Room Nine's Field Day team. |
Park, Barbara |
| Some Kind of Pride Ruth dreams of becoming a major league baseball player until she hears her father say, "…its all wasted on a girl." |
Testa, Maria |
| Jason and the Baseball Bear Jason improves his team’s chances to win the championship with the help of a polar bear. |
Elish, Dan |
| Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery An 8th grade girl and boy are sent to report on the Final Four tournament, where they uncover a blackmailing scheme. |
Feinstein, John |
| Crossing Jordan Despite family prejudices, Cass and her new neighbor, Jemmie build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running. |
Fogelin, Adrian |
| Honus and Me Joey finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card and travels back in time to meet him. |
Gutman, Dan |
| The Million Dollar Shot Eddie has a chance to win a million dollars just by sinking a foul shot at the NBA finals |
Gutman, Dan |
| Catch Shorty by Rosie. Rosie Jones and the Ballplayers kickoff the first girls’ football league in the city. |
Holohan, Maureen |
| The Chicken Doesn’t Skate Milo’s science fair project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team’s mascot and their only chance for a winning season. |
Korman, Gordon |
| Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought) Twenty true stories of amazing athletes. |
Krull, Kathleen |
| In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson A Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she starts to feel at home when she discovers baseball. |
Lord, Bette |
| An Almost Perfect Game It seems that Jake can control the outcome of the game by marking plays on his scorecard. |
Manes, Stephen |
| Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid Friends become involved with Mop’s attempts to become adopted by the coach of a baseball team. |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights T.J. and his brother are competing in an international baseball tournament. |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Game High school senior Drew Larson is hoping to get to college on a basketball scholarship, but a new white kid on the team is competing for the attention. |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Soccer Shock Adam hopes that he makes the soccer team and then almost being hit by lightning gives him a unusual talent. |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
| Finding Buck McHenry Jason believes the school custodian is Buck McHenry a famous pitcher from the old Negro league. |
Slote, Alfred |
| Bobby Baseball Bobby’s problem is getting a chance to prove his baseball skill to his father. |
Smith, Robert Kimmel |