100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History

by Timothy Jacobs and Russell Roberts

Book Overview

Learn all about the amazing lives and careers of 100 of the greatest baseball players of all time with this fact-filled biography collection for kids.

Educational and engaging, 100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History features:

Simple, easy-to-read, and freshly updated textIllustrated portraits of each playerFascinating facts and statsA timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more!

From Cy Young to Lou...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912517522
• ISBN13: 9780912517520
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 10

Customer Reviews

A quick and easy read for sports trivia buffs

The collaborative effort of Timothy Jacobs and Russell Roberts, 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History is a compilation of one hundred single-page biographies summarizing the lives and achievements of great athletes ranging from Ted Williams, Patty Berg, and Sugar Ray Leonard, to Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky. A black-and-white photograph or a simple sketch of each of the great sports figures accompanies the brief narrative describing their role in the particular sport they embraced. 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History is recommended as a quick and easy read for sports trivia buffs, as well as being a great book to introduce young people to the varied and diverse world of sports legends.