Read OnSports (Paperback)

Richard T. Fox

ISBN 10: 1610693574 / ISBN 13: 9781610693578

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. Organized across appeal features, this comprehensive listing of stories, biographies, and fiction is the first and only guide to sports literature for adult and teen readers.Sports literature spans multiple genresfrom fast-paced adventures, to biographies of sports heroes, to tales of underdogs overcoming the odds among others. Libraries and readers alike can benefit from a resource that organizes fiction and nonfiction titles according to their primary appeal features. This useful reference features reading lists of sports-oriented titles written by talented authors that are cataloged by character, story, setting, mood, and language. The lists are perfect for advising readers, creating thematic reading lists for library websites, and as plans for those who enjoy reading about athletic pursuits. The authors include fascinating notations for books that became films, as well as a resource list of websites and links to articles relating to sports fiction. Organized across appeal features, this comprehensive listing of stories, biographies, and fiction is the first and only guide to sports literature for adult and teen readers.Sports literature spans multiple genresfrom fast-paced adventures, to biographies of sports heroes, to tales of underdogs overcoming the odds among others. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Read OnSports (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610693574
• ISBN 13: 9781610693578
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Organized across appeal features, this comprehensive listing of stories, biographies, and fiction is the first and only guide to sports literature for adult and teen readers.

Sports literature spans multiple genres―from fast-paced adventures, to biographies of sports heroes, to tales of underdogs overcoming the odds among others. Libraries and readers alike can benefit from a resource that organizes fiction and nonfiction titles according to their primary appeal features. This useful reference features reading lists of sports-oriented titles written by talented authors that are cataloged by character, story, setting, mood, and language. The lists are perfect for advising readers, creating thematic reading lists for library websites, and as plans for those who enjoy reading about athletic pursuits. The authors include fascinating notations for books that became films, as well as a resource list of websites and links to articles relating to sports fiction.

About the Author

Craig A. Clark is a member of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) Reading List committee.

Richard T. Fox was librarian at Cuyahoga County Public Library and Cleveland Public Library, a past member of the RUSA CODES Sophie Brody medal committee for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, and former chair of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Cleveland Public Library.