Items related to Weird Sports
Synopsis
Baseball, football, and soccer get all the attention, but now it's time for the weird sports to take over! Toss a mullet, take an extreme unicycle ride, race a bed (or a lawnmower or a toilet), and roll with some cheese! Special sections show sports around the world, including chess boxing and elephant soccer, as well as the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. Every sports fan will find something to love in these tales of athletes with a different point of view.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Michael Teitelbaum has written more than two hundred books for kids on a wide range of subjects. His latest titles include Backyard Sports, The Scary States of America, and a biography of Jackie Robinson. To write Weird Sports, he spanned the globe to bring young readers the up-close-and-personal stories of amazing athletes-who just don't like playing everyday games
Review
FROM: A Dude's Guide Soccer, I know. Football, I know. Baseball, basketball, swimming, cycling, running. All these I know. Heck, dudes, I even know about curling (but that s probably only because I have an unhealthy attachment to watching late-night Winter Olympics programming). But the sports I just read about? Now these are weird. Elephant soccer. Wife carrying. Cheese rolling. It s like they took one word from column A and one word from column B, combined the two and then made a sport out of the mishmash of words. No surprise, then, that I read about them in a new book called Weird Sports, by Michael Teitelbaum, from Beach Ball Books. My favorite sport mentioned in this book has got to be wife carrying, which started in Finland and now is wildly popular in Estonia. Obviously, I need to get to these countries. These dudes know how to party. So, here s the deal with wife carrying. The man must run through an obstacle course, with two dry obstacles and one wet obstacle, over a track that is 277 yards long. All while carrying a woman (for a married man, his wife) who can weigh no less than 108 pounds. I can just picture the losing couple after the race. You just had to eat that second hot dog, didn t you? Well, at least I have the muscles to walk through a little water trip faster than a snail on hot tar! Oh, yeah. That s fun. Filled with crazy photos and fun, easy-to-read descriptions, Weird Sports is a fantastic book for both the open-minded older dudes and for the young dudes in the family. In fact, when the book arrived in our house, I had to do a little weird parenting to keep it out of Hyper Lad s hands long enough to read it for this review. Even know, he s hovering over my shoulder, panting with eagerness to get his sweaty little hands on the book for good. He s already picked out a couple of sports he wants to try. I have the feeling I m going to regret letting him read this one, but it should be fun in the meantime. This book gets a heart, five (5) dudes out of five. It s great for young and old and everyone in between. Seriously, go read this. You ll have a great time. Let me know if any of you actually try these sports. I d love to hear about it. --A Dude's Guide
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherBeach Ball Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1936310031
- ISBN 13 9781936310036
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages48
Search results for Weird Sports
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00065337037
Quantity: 5 available
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Seller Inventory # T11P-00652
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 3836241-6
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45. Seller Inventory # G1936310031I2N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45. Seller Inventory # G1936310031I2N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Weird Sports
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!. Seller Inventory # Q-1936310031
Quantity: 1 available