Hello book friends, this is our latest post featuring Sports Picture Books – 2024. With a variety of books that are here to entertain AND keep you or your young reader engaged from start to finish.
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Thoughts on these wonderful Sports Picture Books
The Summer Olympics in Paris of 2024 are underway and Sheaf & Ink has your young reader covered with some very exciting sports picture books! From swimming, basketball, gymnastics and more, these stories will inspire and show young reader the tenacity, determination, and perseverance to go for the gold.
Now, let’s dive in to the ten picture book recommendations I have curated for you and your young reader:
Sports Picture Books – 2024
Sakamoto’s Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory (2021)
Ken Wilson-Max (Author)
The inspirational and little-known story of a dedicated teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers all the way to the Olympics, beautifully told in simple rhyme.
Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change (2022)
Elisa Boxer (Author) Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
This inspirational picture book biography shares the life journey of the Olympic swimming gold medalist and polio survivor who challenged social norms and fought for equality for women. -SLJ
Swimming Towards a Dream (2023)
Reem Faruqi (Author) Asma Enayeh (Illustrator)
Readers will dive into this courageous tale of an athlete, refugee, and hero who inspired the world with her resolve to pursue her Olympic dream.
Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (2023)
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Author) Judith Henderson (Author) Katherine Ahmed (Illustrator)
A Muslim American girl at the top of her game makes a difficult choice in this powerful and beautifully told true story about breaking barriers.
Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes (2023)
Patty Cisneros Prevo (Author) Dion Mbd (Illustrator)
Meet fifteen remarkable athletes who use adaptive equipment in this beautiful and truth-telling picture book.
Traveling Shoes: The Story of Willye White, Us Olympian and Long Jump Champion (2023)
Alice Faye Duncan (Author) Keith Mallett (Illustrator)
Untold until now, here is the story of Black sprinter and long-jumper Willye B. White, who went from picking cotton as a child in Mississippi to competing and winning in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics.
Go, Wilma, Go!: Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist (2024)
Amira Rose Davis (Author) Michael G. Long (Author) Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)
With a powerful text from Amira Rose Davis and Michael G. Long, and art full of movement from Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, this powerful picture book is sure to inspire the next generation of athletes and changemakers.
Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA (2024)
Emily Inouye Huey (Author) Kaye Kang (Illustrator)
Meet Asian American basketball hero Wataru Misaka. His story will inspire young readers to challenge barriers, dream big, and keep playing.
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez (2024)
Belen Medina (Author) Natalia Rojas Castro (Illustrator)
Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for winning ultramarathons in her traditional skirts and rubber sandals, in this nonfiction picture book.
Simone Biles (2024)
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author) Nadia Fisher (Illustrator)
Learn about the inspiring life of Simone Biles, the mental-health advocate and record-breaking athlete.
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ABOUT THE CREATOR
CECE BECKMAN
Cece holds a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach. She lives in California with her husband and children. When she’s not reading or writing reviews she can be found wandering book aisles at local bookshops, drinking iced cold lattes with cold cream foam, or passing the time with her cats.
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