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Author:
Hawkes, Chris, author.
Title:
My encyclopedia of very important sports / text by Chris Hawkes.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publisher:
DK Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Sports--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Sports--History--Juvenile literature.
Athletes--History--Juvenile literature.
Board games--History--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
DK Publishing, Inc., publisher.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Team sports -- Individual sports -- Winter sports -- Water sports -- Games -- Sports stories -- Amazing athletes -- Sporting events.
Summary:
This exciting book for children is packed with fun facts about a range of popular sports such as football, karate, badminton, and skiing, as well as ones you might never have heard of like biathlon or cheese rolling. Whether you're a fan of team sports, winter sports, water sports, extreme sports, and even board games such as chess and go, this book has it all. My Encyclopedia of Very Important Sport also celebrates the unique talents, lives, and careers of sporting heroes such as Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Yuna Kim, Lin Dan, and Donald Bradman, and chronicles the most celebrated stories in sporting history, such as breaking the Four-minute mile, Nadia Comaneci's Perfect 10, and Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics. Featuring everything from obscure rules and strange equipment, to moments of triumph and sporting events like The World Cup, Superbowl, Olympics, Paralympics, and more - this is the perfect book for budding superstars everywhere.
ISBN:
9781465491510
1465491511
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1114871823
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)
CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)
D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)
SWPB522 -- Swisher Public Library (Swisher)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)
BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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