Contains tips for kid explorers on planning their next adventure and staying safe outdoors.

Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, and tennis.

Shares twenty true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, including Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King, and Wilma Rudolph.

"Describes the history, parts, and performance of sports cars"--Provided by publisher.

"The history of the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings, surveying the franchise's biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1961 to today"--Provided by publisher.

Nadia Comaneci was a feisty and fearless little girl who went from climbing trees in the forests of Romania to swinging into history at the 1976 Olympic Games, where she received an unprecedented seven perfect scores in gymnastics. But as readers will see in this first-ever illustrated picture book about Nadia's journey to Olympic gold, the road from small-town girl to world-class athlete was full of many imperfect moments.
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An amusing story tells of the adventures of the author and his friends who attempted extreme sporting before it was extreme sporting, such as jumping three barrels on a bicycle and hang gliding from an Army surplus target kite.

"When he was just twelve years old, Cristiano Ronaldo was recruited to play professional soccer for a team in Portugal, 600 miles from his island home on Madeira. For the next twenty years, Cristiano would prove to the world that he is one of the greatest to ever play the game. Author James Buckley Jr. takes readers through each exciting moment--from his first championship with Manchester United to each of his five award-winning seasons--all the milestones...