(4) 4-6 Edge 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.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Edge Books: Pro Sports by the Numbers series. Incorporating primary source material and photographs of varying quality, this series provides an insider's view of elite sports competitions. After an introductory list of "fast facts," five brief narrative chapters each focus on a real person's particular point of view (coach, athlete, referee, fan, cheerleader, broadcaster, etc.). Overall, these volumes are uneven and slim on substantive information. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Inside Look at Sports Events titles: Inside the Daytona 500, Inside the NBA Finals, Inside the Olympics, Inside the Super Bowl, Inside the World Cup, and Inside the World Series.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan