Picture Book Lists

With the game on the line on opening day, nervous rookie Thumby Duckling steps up to the plate. (description from catalog)

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game. (description from catalog)

Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. (description provided by the publisher)

Franklin has a flashy new bicycle helmet and can't wait to show if off. But when he overhears his friends making fun of that particular style, Franklin decides to hide it instead. (description from Amazon)

One day, an egg rolled out of a nest and right into a deep pond. Now that egg is a little duck, and the water is still very scary. Jumping into the pond at all seems impossible, never mind swimming in a line with all his brothers. (description from catalog)

Text and illustrations encourage readers, regardless of shape or size, to turn off the television and play games, walk, dance, and engage in sports and other forms of exercise. (description from catalog)

"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"-- Provided by publisher.

Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can't help but root for. (description from Amazon)

A day at the community pool is full of unwater magic--dunking and diving with friends; somersaulting, walking on your hands, and bursting up through the surface like a tortoise. (description from the publisher)

The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it's Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the full moon. And the hockey game is on. (description from catalog)

Angelina and some other mice are preparing for a New Year's Eve ice skating show, but the hockey players keep getting in the way until Angelina gets them involved. (description from catalog)

After turning his couch-potato father into a wrestling champion, Kid Coach discovers that he left out the most important lesson--the importance of being a good sport. (description from catalog)

When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying. (description from catalog)

Bear is an extraordinary, genius bear, who can do anything except ride a bike. Can Bear figure out how to get on two wheels? (description provided by the publisher)

Although Froggy is very excited when his Dream Team plays for the city soccer championship, he makes a mistake on the field that almost costs the team the game. (description from catalog)

A successful but unhappy baseball player finds companionship in the pet walrus he adopts but is soon faced with the great challenge of balancing his responsibilities and maintaining the costly upkeep of his new friend. (description provided by the publisher)

Nearly three weeks after starting to play soccer, Max shares his "expert" knowledge of clothing, warm-ups, cheering for his teammates--everything but actually kicking the ball. (description from catalog)

Bobby and his friends wait all day for school to end and for their chance to play outdoors in the fall weather. Flying leaves, swirling colors, and crisp air make the perfect setting for a game of football with Sparky the dog. (description provided by the publisher)

When the ice is full of cuts and ruts, only one machine has the GUTS to clean it up. But can this slow-movin' ice fixer smooth the grooves before the next period? (description from the publisher)

The bear, the moose and the beaver want nothing more this winter than to play hockey -- there's just one problem: the frozen lake they play on won't freeze! (description provided by the publisher)

The jungle animals enjoy a rousing game of baseball. (description from catalog)

Tom enjoys the thrill of riding his brand new bicycle, and then shares it with a friend. (description from catalog)

A kitten, being picked up from preschool by his parent, asks, "What will we play today? Let's play a ballgame! (description provided by the publisher)

In interwoven narratives, a young girl and her mother support one another as one tries out for the baseball team and the other interviews for a bricklaying job, then celebrate their success together. (description from catalog)

This football-themed alphabet book features full-color photographs and fun, simple text. (description provided by the publisher)

The meat-eating dinosaurs challenge the plant-eating dinosaurs to a hockey match. (description from catalog)

Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden. (description from catalog)

In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can. (description from catalog)

Swimming lessons are on Saturdays, and every Saturday one little girl has a stomachache. Sometimes a little bravery and a lot of patience are all you need to face your fear. (description from the publisher)