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A Little Giant Book: Football Facts (Little Giant Books)

Michael J. Pellowski

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The book title says it all 4 out of 5 stars.
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This a small book full of football facts, just as the title says. There are no pictures or diagrams, and not many references to famous players. It's a lot of stats, like what the score of the first Army vs. Navy game was or who has the most rushing yards at a Super Bowl. My fact-loving 9 year old likes the book, but there's not much here for younger kids. This book is more like a traditional encyclopedia focused on football, and definitely for the older crowd.

Back-to-Back: Super Bowl Champions Peyton and Eli Manning: An Unauthorized Biography

Hugh Hudson

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NFL Board Book: Colors

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Tolstoy, Eat Your Heart Out!! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I simply could NOT put this book down. After turning the last page, I was emotionally wrung out. I had laughed, cried, sat on the very edge of my seat... I can't WAIT for the sequel!!

This itty bitty book is great for itty bitty hands 5 out of 5 stars.
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My son, now 14 months, loves this book. We would read it to him when he was an infan, and now he loves to flip through it by himself and "read" it outloud. It's just the right size, and the content is simple and colorful.

Great Gift 4 out of 5 stars.
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A great gift book for infants or preschoolers. Some fans might be upset that not all teams are represented! But why not teach your child the color gold with a picture of a Super Bowl ring?

Shy Violet, but Otherwise Excellent 4 out of 5 stars.
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My 11 month daughter loves this book. The colors in the pictures are so vivid. I do think it is a little strange that violet/purple is not represented, but we like the book anyway. Lifting the flaps is a nice change of pace if you're like us and read a lot of touch and feel books. It's a good value for the price and would make a nice gift.

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These fun-filled sticker books are also great teaching tools. Young children will learn the basic concepts of shapes, sorting, opposites, and colors while they match the stickers to their appropriate places.

Football Stars (High Interest Books)

Virginia Buckman

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Power Players (Nfl)

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Fifteen players who can turn the game around—they always know where the football is and they’ll do what they have to do to either take it away or take it to the end zone.

John Madden's Heroes of Football

John Madden

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Excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
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I first saw this in a school order form but the price was better on Amazon. My son loves it!

Great book, great info and better than older Madden books in terms of quality info 4 out of 5 stars.
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Over the years, John Madden covered mostly NFC games for CBS from 1979-94, and then again for FOX from 1994-2002. Then he went on to ABC and now NBC, on a more neutral path, again with Al Michaels. It all added up to what seemed to be too NFC biased. This probably comes from, as most fans know, the network that covers the game will be connected with the visiting team in a case of interconference games. If it's NFC vs. NFC, fine. Here's an interconference example from 1988: Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills. CBS was the network since the NFC team was on the road.
Years of this caught up with Madden, which is funny because he was a Raiders (AFC) guy in the 60s and 70s. For a while, he would certainly talk up the great teams of the 80s and 90s during a broadcast - Giants, Rams, Bears, Skins, Packers, 49ers, Eagles - all from the NFC. Too much bias towards the "home" conference in my opinion. It didn't seem like he was on board or had the respect for a lot of Hall of Famers from the AFC since he didn't cover those games as much. Even his "All-Madden" teams seemed to leave off some great AFC players from that era. Despite the fact that the NFC was on the super bowl winning streak, that shouldn't be the reason to talk up the NFC: Things have changed now with the AFC winning 8/10, and it seems like an even playing field throughout the entire league. The super bowls that John Madden covered in the past seemed like he was going for home network team!!
In this book, he finally gets it right. He gives props to many great players no matter what conference they are/were from. Great photos are scattered throuout. A great source of info for the proper age group. The stories flow with ease and are very informative. The adults who may be reading this book to their kids will smile with a lot of football history and great memories.

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For millions of fans, John Madden’s name is synonymous with football. Whether as a Super Bowl-winning coach, an Emmy Award-winning analyst, or the namesake of the most popular sports video game of all time, Madden NFL, he has studied the game from every angle. In Heroes of Football, Madden uses his extensive knowledge to detail the dominating dynasties, prominent players, game-making plays, and season-ending games that transformed professional football from its rough-and-tumble beginnings to the country’s biggest sport.

Filled with photos, sidebars, and analytical charts, John Madden’s Heroes of Football: The Story of America’s Game is the ultimate book for young football fans.

Jim Thorpe, Original All-American

Joseph Bruchac

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Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. He played professional football, Major League Baseball, and won Olympic gold medals in track & field. But his life wasn’t an easy one. Born on the Sac and Fox Reservation in 1887, he encountered much family tragedy, and was sent as a young boy to various Indian boarding schools—strict, cold institutions that didn’t allow their students to hold on to their Native American languages and traditions. Jim ran away from school many times, until he found his calling at Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian School. There, the now-legendary coach Pop Warner recognized Jim’s athletic excellence and welcomed him onto the football and track teams.

Focusing on Jim Thorpe’s years at Carlisle, this book brings his early athletic career—and especially his college football days—to life, while also dispelling some myths about him and movingly depicting the Native American experience at the turn of the twentieth century. This is a book for history buffs as well as sports fans—an illuminating and lively read about a truly great American.

Eyewitness: Football (Eyewitness Books)

James Buckley Jr.

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Another DK Winner 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am an elementary school librarian and this book has been a smashing success in my library, especially with 2nd to 5th grade boys. The pictures are done in the DK style and draw even the most reluctant reader to this book. The book covers a basic history of the game, complete with old pictures, which the kids love, in addition to information about football today. It has interesting trivia that the kids love sharing with each other and pictures of all the current football superstars. This one is a sure fire winner.

Editorial Review:

Discover the world of pro football; the history, the teams, the stars, and what equipment they use.

Developed in association with the National Football League (NFL), Eyewitness Football features photographs and text on hundreds of people and objects from 80 storied years of the National Football League. Football captures the drama, excitement, and spectacle of professional football using the signature Eyewitness style. It is the definitive pictorial guide to America's most popular sport in all its rough-and-tumble glory, from its schoolyard roots through its rise to the status of an international supersport. See inside an NFL locker room and training camp and what players wore before helmets were introduced. Learn how coaches design plays, how to throw a perfect pass and make a clean tackle. Discover what trainers, referees, and coaches do, what it takes to win the Super Bowl, and much, much more!

Football in Action (Sports in Action)

John Crossingham

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This work is intended for ages 6-9. Children will learn about the positions on the football field, rules, proper equipment, and the importance of safety as well as: the secrets of a good quarterback; defence and offence; passing, receiving, blocking, and kicking; and, penalties and rules.

Walter Payton: Football's "Sweetest" Superstar (Great American Sports Legends) (Great American Sports Legends)

Mike Towle

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Walter Payton was arguably the greatest running back in the history of professional football. A star for the Chicago Bears from 1974 to 1987, Payton rushed for a National Football League career record of 16,726 yards. Known to football fans everywhere as "Sweetness," he helped lead the Bears to a Super Bowl victory following the 1985 season and over the years established himself as one of the sports world's most popular and personable role models. Payton was beloved by his teammates, idolized by his fans, and embraced by business partners. He captured the heart of the Windy City with a graciousness complimented by a spirit of humility and a wonderful sense of humor.

Millions mourned in early November 1999 when Payton, a youthful 45, succumbed to cancer after a nearly year-long battle with various health problems. Even in his dying days, however, Payton maintained his dignity, a spirit of community charity, and a legendary ability to pull off practical jokes that would send friends and family reeling with laughter. Before he passed away, he reportedly also renewed his commitment to his Christian faith. His death on November 1 coincided with the day known as All Saints Day in many Christian quarters.

In Walter Payton, dozens of his contemporaries, former teammates, coaches, childhood and college chums, business partners, fans, and friends offer in their own words their favorite memories and anecdotes of this man they loved so much. Walter Payton is a warm, entertaining, and inspiring book about a man whose fame transcended the sport in which he competed into the widest realms of life itself.