During the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, United States basketball player Joe Fortenberry leaped into the air and stuffed the ball through the hoop.
In Football Stories: Messi, young readers will find out how Lionel Messi went from being the smallest player on the field to being known as the 'Greatest of All Time' with his incredible runs, ball control and lots and lots of goals!
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)Magpie is the best at building nests and tries to show the other birds how it is done, but they soon grow impatient.
Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Best Sports Book, the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Best Illustration, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal How did we go from peach baskets to breakaway rims?
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about baseball with this fun-filled non-fiction reader carefully levelled to help children progress.