Balls! - Hardcover

Rosen, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581960301 ISBN 13: 9781581960303

Publisher: Darby Creek Pub, 2006

Synopsis

Learn about the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and ping pong: how they're made, why they look the way they do, some amazing facts about their history...and a bit about the games that use them, too.

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-7. This title is poised to become the ultimate source for kids on the history and construction of balls used in sports. Covered here are the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and table tennis. The final two pages consider balls used in bingo, Chinese health balls, and animals that can make themselves into balls when in danger. These somewhat eccentric inclusions fit right in with the book's light, comic tone, which prevents the package from becoming merely a dry recitation of facts about respective weights, structure, and dimpling. Illustrations on the well-designed pages are an effective mix of photographs, cartoons, and shots of athletes in action. Slightly off-topic sidebars, such as an explanation of hang time in professional basketball, also add interest, although why the author says that Michael Jordan is still an active player is a mystery. Relevant Web sites are included in the final three pages. Facts about balls used in other sports, such as baseball and bowling, are promised for a future volume. Todd Morning
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About this edition

• Publisher: Darby Creek Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1581960301
• ISBN 13: 9781581960303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Margeson John