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4-6Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers series.
These hi-lo books focus on displays of statistics, percentages, and records. Basketball features such measurements as ball dimensions, player heights, and sneaker sizes. Football includes Super Bowl viewers and game-day wind chills. Busy layouts consist of colorful graphics and photographs that work overtime to present the information. Ardent sports fans will pore over the facts. Critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers titles: Pro Basketball by the Numbers and Pro Football by the Numbers.