This encyclopedia is the definitive guide to the world's most popular sport. From the sublime skills of Pele to the lifestyle of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores every aspect of the game. Freshly revised and updated, this is a world soccer book for the 2014 World Cup and beyond. State of the art digital illustrations and stunning photographs bring to life all the key rules, tactics, set plays, and skills. As...

Peter LaFleur is a charismatic underachiever and the proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's ecclectic cleintele is decidedly less-than-your-average Joes. Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman, the egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym. White places a foreclosing attorney inside the Average Joe's establishment to finalize his takeover of the gym, but attorney Kate is won over by Peter's boyish charm and joins the Average...

Meet Babymouse—the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse faces her biggest challenge yet—the annual school dodgeball tournament. Will she be able to dodge her way to victory? This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full of humor and fun, is a bestseller that’s sold more than three million copies!
 
"Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!"—The Chicago Sun-Times
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People play a variety of games involving balls on the big ball that is Earth.

Easy-to-read text pairs the way Jen uses a ball with the game to which the ball belongs, such as when Jen kicks while playing kickball.

"In 'The Shared Origins of Football, Rugby, and Soccer,' Christopher Rowley reveals how ball games arose and took shape into seven distinct forms: American football, association football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league football, and rugby union football. Rowley traces ball games back to the Mayans in Mes-America and the Han Dynasty in China, through ancient Egypt and Greece, and on through the rise of football in England and Scotland....

A very simple introduction to the sport of kickball, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played.

Provides an overview of four square, including details on rules, equipment, and scoring.

Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.

"A boring day on the farm turns sporting when Shaun and the Flock invent their own ball game. 'Bitzerball' has tons of rules, including this one: that the rules can change at any time! When the pigs want in, the competition gets fierce and the game morphs into a tricky multiple-round obstacle course. Can Flock team captain Shaun best the pig captain and claim the Piggy Stomp title?"--Page 4 of cover.