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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents a study of the physical forces at work during a track and field competition, exploring the science of how athletes perform long strides and pole vaults, and throw discus.
13) Record Run
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
After getting soaked by Harry's water balloon, Paul chases Harry down. He didn't expect Harry to be so fast. He gives Harry a choice: join the track team or else. Harry doesn't think it's fun to run if he's not being chased. With Paul's help, can Harry find a good reason to run?
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler's favorite...
15) Second shot
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
16) Jesse Owens
Author
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles the life and success of Olympic medalist Jesse Owens. Describes his poor childhood in Alabama and how he trained to become a world-record runner in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, overcoming racism and Hitler's proclamation that Aryan people were superior.
17) Running
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how learning and using math can help an athlete in the sport of running. Also provides brief profiles of accomplished runners.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' mother frequently told him, "Put your best foot forward." So Jesse followed her advice, worked hard, and made his dreams come true as one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time. But it wasn't easy, as Jesse had to overcome many obstacles. Even though World War II hadn't started yet, Adolf Hitler controlled Germany during the 1936 Olympics. He wanted to prove during the games that Germans were a superior "race" to other people of...
19) Eric no juega
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
210L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
Español
Description
Eric sits and watches as others participate in track and field day activities at camp. But when he sees a friend on crutches he volunteers to play.
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