Phil Bildner
1) Turkey Bowl
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Ethan looks forward to the Thanksgiving Day when he and his friends are finally old enough to play in the annual family football game, but that day arrives full of snow and icy roads.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of two of baseball's greatest heroes, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and how during the summer of 1941 they each set records that still stand.
Author
Series
Rip and Red volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in brand-new ways and discover that sometimes radical change is nothing to be afraid of"--
Author
Series
Rip and Red volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the first morning with their odd new teacher fifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Hannah, upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlists the help of P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants to prove to her father and all of Brooklyn that the bridge is safe.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Shoeless Joe Jackson, said by some to be the greatest baseball player ever, goes into a hitting slump just before he is to start his minor league career, so he asks his friend to make him a special bat to help him hit.
9) Game 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a baseball with strange powers belonging to their late father works wonders for three children and a travelling baseball team which must raise $10,000.
Author
Language
English
Description
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...