(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) 4-6 Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats series. Colorful graphs galore highlight past and present statistics of the star players and top teams in six action-packed sports. In addition to the mind-boggling numbers and splashy graphics, the books also touch on unique features of each sport, how coaches use stats to improve a team's performance, and how statistics have generated public interest in computerized fantasy sports. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Alternator Books: Pro Sports Stats titles: Auto Racing Super Stats, Baseball Super Stats, Basketball Super Stats, Football Super Stats, Hockey Super Stats, and Soccer Super Stats.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Super Sports Infographics series. Illustrated by Rob Schuster. Although there is a paragraph of text on each page, the colorful and instructive infographics (datelines, graphs, charts, etc.) constitute the main narratives of these broad introductions to four major sports, providing unusual statistics and science-based explanations. While pages are cluttered and sometimes hard to read, reluctant readers may find the visual approach appealing. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Super Sports Infographics titles: Super Baseball Infographics, Super Football Infographics, Super Basketball Infographics, and Super Hockey Infographics.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(4) 4-6 Super Sports Infographics series. Illustrated by Vic Kulihin. Although there is a paragraph of text on each page, the colorful and instructive infographics (datelines, graphs, charts, etc.) constitute the main narratives of these broad introductions to four major sports, providing unusual statistics and science-based explanations. While pages are cluttered and sometimes hard to read, reluctant readers may find the visual approach appealing. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Super Sports Infographics titles: Super Baseball Infographics, Super Football Infographics, Super Basketball Infographics, and Super Hockey Infographics.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) YA Xtreme Athletes series. This biography chronicles the rise of "Linsanity"--the wild enthusiasm for the first American-born NBA player of Chinese descent. Both college recruiters and the NBA draft overlooked Lin, but his academic prowess and clear passion for the game helped forge his path to Harvard and then to NBA greatness. Action photographs illustrate the accessible text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 ShockZone--Deadly and Dangerous series. Savage profiles nine dangerous sports, including boxing, body surfing, street luging, and cave diving. Each busy double-page spread focuses on a sport, providing a brief description, emphasizing the inherent dangers, and relating historical anecdotes about deaths and injuries. Color photos, captions, text boxes, headers, and the straightforward main text compete for readers' attention. Reading list, websites. Ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman

(3) YA Xtreme Athletes series. These volumes detail the athletic achievements of the title champions of golf (Wie), speed skating (Ohno), and mixed martial arts (Lesnar and Ortiz); the texts also mention their personal and professional challenges and how they overcame them. Quotes and sidebars enhance the accessible volumes. Clear photographs depict sporting victories and special events in the subjects' lives. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Xtreme Athletes titles: Apolo Ohno, Brock Lesnar, Tito Ortiz, and Michelle Wie.

Reviewer: Nancy Hull

(3) YA Xtreme Athletes series. These volumes detail the athletic achievements of the title champions of golf (Wie), speed skating (Ohno), and mixed martial arts (Lesnar and Ortiz); the texts also mention their personal and professional challenges and how they overcame them. Quotes and sidebars enhance the accessible volumes. Clear photographs depict sporting victories and special events in the subjects' lives. Timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Xtreme Athletes titles: Apolo Ohno, Brock Lesnar, Tito Ortiz, and Michelle Wie.

Reviewer: Nancy Hull

(3) 4-6 Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks series. Each title presents sport-specific skills, drills, and techniques, including the proper mechanics of passing, shooting, and scoring, as well as defensive strategies and game rules. "Pro Tips and Tricks," mainly work-ethic quotes from such pros as Tom Brady and Mary Lou Retton, are scattered throughout the texts. Instructive action photographs include both professional athletes and kids at play. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks titles: Top 25 Baseball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Gymnastics Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Hockey Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Soccer Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Basketball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, and Top 25 Football Skills, Tips, and Tricks.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(3) 4-6 Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks series. Each title presents sport-specific skills, drills, and techniques, including the proper mechanics of passing, shooting, and scoring, as well as defensive strategies and game rules. "Pro Tips and Tricks," mainly work-ethic quotes from such pros as Tom Brady and Mary Lou Retton, are scattered throughout the texts. Instructive action photographs include both professional athletes and kids at play. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks titles: Top 25 Baseball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Gymnastics Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Hockey Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Soccer Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Basketball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, and Top 25 Football Skills, Tips, and Tricks.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(3) 4-6 Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks series. Each title presents sport-specific skills, drills, and techniques, including the proper mechanics of passing, shooting, and scoring, as well as defensive strategies and game rules. "Pro Tips and Tricks," mainly work-ethic quotes from such pros as Tom Brady and Mary Lou Retton, are scattered throughout the texts. Instructive action photographs include both professional athletes and kids at play. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Top 25 Sports Skills, Tips, and Tricks titles: Top 25 Baseball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Gymnastics Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Hockey Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Soccer Skills, Tips, and Tricks, Top 25 Basketball Skills, Tips, and Tricks, and Top 25 Football Skills, Tips, and Tricks.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) K-3 Amazing Athletes series. This brief biography kicks off with a chapter on Beckham's first soccer game in an LA Galaxy jersey, then backtracks to the athlete's childhood, early career, and personal life. Becks's young fans will overlook the text's broad-strokes profile and the book's bland design. Large type and dynamic photos will draw in reluctant readers. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 Fact Finders: Biographies: Great African Americans series. This volume describes highlights of Ali's boxing career, his decision to join the Nation of Islam, and his protest of the Vietnam War, which caused him to be barred from boxing during the peak of his career. Vibrant action photos and well-worded captions are the book's greatest strengths; the main text is somewhat choppy. The large typeface will assist struggling readers. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

(4) K-3 Amazing Athletes series. Each of these books begins in the middle of one of the athlete's most important performances and from there backtracks to an outline of his or her childhood and athletic accomplishments. The text is dry and choppy and the layout is textbook-like, but the subjects are of interest to the intended audience. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Amazing Athletes titles: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sorenstam, Carly Patterson, Yao Ming, and Michael Phelps.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Amazing Athletes series. Each of these books begins in the middle of one of the athlete's most important performances and from there backtracks to an outline of his or her childhood and athletic accomplishments. The text is dry and choppy and the layout is textbook-like, but the subjects are of interest to the intended audience. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Amazing Athletes titles: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sorenstam, Carly Patterson, Yao Ming, and Michael Phelps.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Amazing Athletes series. Each of these books begins in the middle of one of the athlete's most important performances and from there backtracks to an outline of his or her childhood and athletic accomplishments. The text is dry and choppy and the layout is textbook-like, but the subjects are of interest to the intended audience. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Amazing Athletes titles: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sorenstam, Carly Patterson, Yao Ming, and Michael Phelps.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth