Sports (Eyewitness Books) [Hardcover]

Tim Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Full-color photos. From baseball and football to archery and squash, "ancient and modern equipment, rules, and history are highlighted in Sports, an all-star winner for enthusiasts of the two dozen varieties covered through the sophisticated photo essay format. Featuring spectacular close-up photographs, this is an ideal attention grabber for reluctant readers and young teens."--(starred) Booklist.  

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6 Vivid color photographs dominate each large white page, accompanying a text which provides the history and rules of 22 different sports, along with a look at the historical evolution of the equipment used in each. Reproductions depict the early origins of the sports. The British slant of the book is evident in the book's focus: basketball is treated in one page, while cricket is given four. A few informational errors are also evident in the explanation of the rules of the predominantly American sports. For example, it is stated that in football there are no strict rules on numbers that position players must wear, while in actuality, linebacker Brian Bosworth of the Seattle Seahawks brought a suit against the NFL in an attempt to wear a number that is assigned to linemen. Also, in depicting a referee's signal, the call is identified correctly as a missed kick but Hammond fails to mention that the same signal is used more frequently to indicate an incomplete pass. Aside from these and a couple of other minor errors, the book is both informative and eye- pleasing. While there isn't a complete explanation of the rules of each sport, readers can garner a basic understanding. The photographs used to show the technological advances in sporting equipment are a story in themselves and form the basis of the book. Tom S. Hurlburt, Minneapolis Public Lib .
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

...a mini museum between the covers of a book. [Eyewitness series] -- The New York Times

These books' striking visual impact will draw in even the most casual readers. [Eyewitness series] -- School Library Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394896165
• ISBN-13: 978-0394896168
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,230,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Sports Nuts of all ages, April 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sports (Eyewitness Books) (Hardcover)

I highly recommend this book for both readerly and non-readerly sport nuts.

Eyewitness Sports has provided both my sons, ages 5 and 2, with hours of reading pleasure. It provides pictures of "old" and "new" pieces of sports equipment along with photos of people playing the sports. The text gives enough information that it's interesting to read from the adult point of view, and the pix provide plenty of interest from the non-reader viewpoint.

This book is one of very few decent sports picture encyclopedia-type book that I've found for kids. Most of the other sports books, in my experience, focus only on one sport. Eyewitness Sports, however, provides readers (and non-readers) with info and pictures about a wide variety of sports from the vastly popular (basketball, baseball etc) to the vastly not (curling for example). :)

My kids love the Eyewitness series of books, and this edition is no exception. I highly recommend it for sports nuts of all ages.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sports Explained, October 21, 2005

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sports (DK Eyewitness Books) (Hardcover)

Tim Hammond has organized the world of sports into sections for Soccer, Football, Rugby, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Squash, Racketball, Athletics, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Boxing, Martial Arts, Fencing, Archery, Shooting, Bowling, Golf, Pool and Snooker. There is truly a sport for everyone.

We are not only introduced to how the games are played today, but there is a theme of the sport through the ages. You can see how leather studs were tacked onto the sole in early 20th-century shoes for playing soccer and then they show the interchangeable studs used in shoes today. If you are a soccer fan, then you can read about how soccer balls are made. They even have detailed pictures of how cricket bats are made and a full range of tennis rackets from the 1880s to today.

Each section gives you a vocabulary for the sport and there is a special section of "who's who" in sports. The glossary explains names like nunchaku. The index is useful for looking up specific sports fast.

~The Rebecca Review