Sports Audiobooks

Kickball

Ben and his friend like to play kickball. They are both good at different things. They make a good team.

Kathleen A. Brown, Louise T. Wright (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Keeping Score

Both Maggie Fortini and her brother, Joey-Mick, were named for baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Unlike Joey-Mick, Maggie doesn't play baseball—but at almost ten years old, she is a dyed-in-the-wool fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Maggie can recite all the players' statistics and understands the subtleties of the game. Unfortunately, Jim Maine is a Giants fan, but it's Jim who teaches Maggie the fine art of scoring a baseball game. Not only can she revisit every play of every inning, but by keeping score she feels she's more than just a fan: she's helping her team. Jim is drafted into the army and sent to Korea, and although Maggie writes to him often, his silence is just one of a string of disappointments—being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the early 1950s meant season after season of near misses and year after year of dashed hopes. But Maggie goes on trying to help the Dodgers, and when she finds out that Jim needs help, too, she's determined to provide it. Against a background of major league baseball and the Korean War on the home front, Maggie looks for, and finds, a way to make a difference. Even those listeners who think they don't care about baseball will be drawn into the world of the true and ardent fan. Linda Sue Park's captivating story will, of course, delight those who are already keeping score.

Linda Sue Park (Author), Julie Pearl (Narrator)

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Karate Is for Girls!

Megan is excited for her first day of karate class. She enjoys everything about her karate classes, except for Brian, a boy in her class. He tells her that girls shouldn't do karate. When it comes time for them to take their first forms, Megan remembers all the moves and does well. Brian doesn't remember the moves and needs to be helped by the teacher. Brian then admits that maybe girls can do karate.

Susan Rogers (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

""MAYBE I'M GOOD AT SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET."" Everyone in Maggie Diaz's life seems to be finding their true passion. The one thing that defines them as a person. Her best friends Zoey and Julian are too busy to hang out after school thanks to band and comics club. Mom is finishing her last semester in college. And Maggie's perfect older sister Caro is perfectly-perfect at sports and tutoring. So Maggie cooks up a plan to join every club she can! But trying to fit in with type-A future leaders, gardening whizzes, and the fearless kids in woodshop is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing. And juggling homework, friends, and all of her afterschool activities is way harder than it looks. Seventh grade is all about figuring out who you are -- good thing Maggie Diaz has the perfect plan!

Nina Moreno (Author), Cyrina Fiallo (Narrator)

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Jim & Me

Prolific young adult author Dan Gutman has hit home runs with many boys thanks to his spectacular baseball fan time-traveling tales-including Babe & Me and Honus & Me. Jim & Me finds Stosh and his nemesis Bobby Fuller joining forces to help one of their heroes. Native American baseball legend Jim Thorpe was an Olympic champion-but then lost his medals due to scandal. Now only Stosh and Bobby have the power to change history and give Jim the legacy he deserved.

Dan Gutman (Author), Johnny Heller (Narrator)

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J'aime pas le foot

« Moi, j'aime pas le foot. Mais Papa adore. Alors tous les dimanches, qu'il pleuve à gros bouillons, ou que la neige couvre le gazon, on part à l'entraînement. » Lucien déteste le foot, les entraînements, et courir derrière un ballon qui roule tout le temps. Envoyé dans les buts par l'entraîneur dit La Terreur, il fait un arrêt remarquable de la tête par le plus grand des hasards. Son équipe et La Terreur lui prédisent un grand avenir dans le football sauf que, Lucien l'a déjà dit, il n'aime PAS le foot.

Stéphanie Richard (Author), Cécile Gatto (Narrator)

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It Wasn't Me

THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets middle school with a prank twist in this hilarious and heartwarming story about six very different seventh graders who are forced to band together after a vandalism incident. When Theo's photography project is mysteriously vandalized at school there are five suspected students who all say 'it wasn't me.' Theo just wants to forget about the humiliating incident but his favorite teacher is determined to get to the bottom of it and has the six of them come into school over vacation to talk. She calls it 'Justice Circle.' The six students-the Nerd, the Princess, the Jock, the Screw Up, the Weirdo, and the Nobody-think of it as detention. AKA their worst nightmare. That is until they realize they might get along after all, despite their differences. But what is everyone hiding and will school ever be the same? *PW Best Books of 2018 *Winter 2018-2019 Kids' Indie Next List * JLG selection * Three starred reviews 'Every reader will find some piece of themselves in Levy's sharp, humorous, and heartfelt novel. A twisty mystery with quirky, unforgettable characters and a positive message to boot.' -JOHN DAVID ANDERSON, the critically acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted 'What at first seems like a novel solely about bullying becomes a story about six kids who find their way to true friendship and fierce loyalty, and why restorative justice is worth the time and effort it takes.' -Publishers Weekly, starred review 'A timely, introspective whodunit with a lot of heart.' -Kirkus Reviews, starred review 'Levy writes in an easy style with laugh-out-loud humor, offering characters that slowly reveal deeper complexity.' -School Library Journal, starred review

Dana Alison Levy (Author), , Adenrele Ojo, Caz Harleaux, Dana Alison Levy, Emily Woo Zeller, Jb Adkins, Jorjeana Marie, Ramón De Ocampo, Robbie Daymond (Narrator)

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Into the Wind

It’s shaping up to be a rotten summer for 10-year-old Rusty, a sailing buff who lives on an island off the New England coast. He’s just flunked math and has to go to summer school. His older sister is bossier than ever. Worst of all, his mom is far away on the mainland—undergoing treatment for her sudden, confusing, and exhausting “sadness”—while his dad struggles to keep the household together. Rusty’s only refuge is in caring for and teaching himself to sail a small, beloved sailboat.  While working on his boat at the village dock one evening, Rusty meets Hazel, a feisty old lady in a wheelchair. Hazel, a local artist from an old sailing family, asks—no, demands—that Rusty take her sailing. He refuses. She argues. And an unlikely friendship begins.  Hazel hires Rusty to help her with household tasks on summer afternoons. Between cleaning, painting, and cutting weeds, Rusty bonds with Hazel over shared lunches, watermelon seed spitting, and their mutual love of sailing. When Rusty does eventually take Hazel sailing, they come to better know and feel what connects them, even as her life nears its end and his is just beginning.  Into the Wind is a poignant story about loss and love in a boy’s life, and the surprising and sustaining bonds that can grow between the old and young.

William Loizeaux (Author), Andrew Hoops (Narrator)

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In the Waves

Join Lennon and Maisy Stella, stars of the hit show Nashville, in their first-ever picture book sing-along adventure. It's the perfect day for fun in the sun as the girls prepare to set off for a sandy paradise. With boogie boards in tow and homemade lemonade in hand, they are off to splash the day away. Grab your ol' flip-flops and your sunblock, too, and sing along with Lennon and Maisy in their debut original picture book and song.

Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella (Author), Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella (Narrator)

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In the Break

A championship surfer, Jack Lopez accurately depicts the art of surfing in this tale described as The Outsiders for a new age. In the Break tells the story of fifteen year-old Jamie and Juan, best friends who live and breathe surfing. They don't have a care in the world when they're out on the water. But when an argument between Jamie and his abusive step-father comes to blows, Jamie turns to the one person who can help. Together the two (plus Jamie's sister Amber) head for Mexico-surfboards stowed in the back.

Jack Lopez (Author), Ramon de Ocampo (Narrator)

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Ice Fishing Tips & Tricks

Do you love ice fishing? Do you want to know why people love ice fishing? Ice fishing is very popular among fishing enthusiasts. This is due to its nature. You do not need many supplies, and the supplies that you might need are affordable and won’t burn a hole through your pocket. This book will discuss some of this important equipment. Ice Fishing Equipment—Must-Know Facts for Beginners—If you’re wondering where ice fishing began, it began in icy places such as Norway and Canada, but these are far from the only locations that practice this form of fishing. Ice Fishing in Ontario—You can mix any form of vacation with some ice fishing. There are so many lakes and rivers that wherever you stay, you will be within easy reach of a day’s fishing. Tips and Techniques for Finding Fish Under the Ice—Ice fishing is fundamentally different from warm-weather fishing in numerous ways. Dropping a line into a hole you’ve cut in the hard water requires little casting ability, and lure selection also alters significantly. Ice Fishing Walleye: Tips and Tricks—These olive and gold fish, which resemble a cross between a pike and a perch, have a mouthful of teeth and a vicious appetite to match. Ice Fishing for Whitefish—This section will discuss whitefish ice fishing. Anglers admire whitefish for a variety of reasons. To have a memorable and enjoyable ice fishing trip, it is important to prepare properly to avoid frustration and disappointment. There are a number of things you can do to ensure you have a great time. In this book, many tips and techniques has been explained to help you understand easy ways of ice fishing. GET YOUR COPY NOW!

Jason R Martin (Author), Rory Young (Narrator)

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I like sport!: The Adventures of Fenek

Fenek has already played football, swum in the sea, run and played with a hula hoop. Today he’ll discover a new discipline. Will he like it? Thanks to this book, your child will: - get to know a new sports discipline, i.e. climbing; - find out what sort of equipment is necessary to do climbing;  - learn the meaning of the word “safeguard”;  - remember that sport is really important in life. The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger childrenThematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.

Magdalena Gruca (Author), Claire Glover (Narrator)

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