Dear Yossi, The bibliography below updates sports books for children and adults, published from 2003-2012. It answers a July Hasafran query requesting sports suggestions.
Regards, Ellen Cole SPORTS BIBLIOGRAPHY 2003-2012 CHILDREN BASEBALL Michelson, Richard Lipman Pike : America’s First Homerun King. Sleeping Bear Press, 2011. 32 pp. McDonough, Yona. Hammerin’ Hank : the Story of Hank Greenberg. Walker & Co. 2006. 32 pp. Sommer, Shelley. Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg : Baseball Pioneer. Boyds Mills Press, 2011. 135 pp. Doeden, Matt. Sandy Koufax. Lerner, 2007. 106 pp. Winter, Jonah. You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! Schwartz & Wade (div. of Random House) 2009. 32 pp. Yavin, T.S. All Star Season. Kar-Ben, 2007. 160 pp. ICE SKATING Hill, Anne. Sasha Cohen. Barnes & Noble, 2007. 104 pp. OLYMPICS Dublin, Anne. Bobbie Rosenfeld : The Olympian Who Could Do Everything. Second Story Press, 2004. 148 pp. Foster, Richard. Mark Spitz : The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion. Santa Monica Press, 2008. 288 pp. Hill, Anne. Sasha Cohen. Barnes & Noble, 2007. 104 pp. Rappaport, Doreen. In the Promised Land : Lives of Jewish Americans. HarperCollins, 2003. 32 pp. Sonneborn, Liz. Murder at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Rosen Publishing Group, 2003. 64 pp. SOCCER Bietz, Barbara. Like a Maccabee. Yaldah Publishing, 2006. 123 pp. SWIMMING Foster, Richard. Mark Spitz : The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion. Santa Monica Press, 2008. 288 pp. TRACK AND FIELD Dublin, Anne. Bobbie Rosenfeld : The Olympian Who Could Do Everything. Second Story Press, 2004. 148 pp. Rappaport, Doreen. In the Promised Land : Lives of Jewish Americans. HarperCollins, 2005. 32 pp. WEIGHT LIFTING / STRONG MEN Rubenstein, Robert. Zishe the Strongman. Kar-Ben, 2010. 32 pp. COMBINED SPORTS Labensohn, Judy. Jewish Sports Stories for Kids. Pitspopany, 2004. 224 pp. Includes: Baseball, Basketball, Chess, Hockey, Goldman, David. Jewish Sports Stars : Athletic Heroes Past and Present. Kar-Ben, 2004. 96 pp. Includes: Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Wrestling. ADULTS BASEBALL American Jews in America’s Game 1871-2003 : Collection of Baseball Cards. American Jewish Historical Society, 2003. 122 cards. Bloomberg, Ron. Designated Hebrew : The Ron Bloomberg Story. Sports Publishing, 2006. 176 pp. Boxerman, Burton. Jews and Baseball. McFarland & Co, 2007. 222 pp. Kurlansky, Mark. Hank Greenberg : The Hero Who Didn’t Want to be One. New Haven : Yale Univ. Press, 2011. 164 pp. Sherwin, Byron. The Cubs and the Kabbalist : How a Kabbalah-Master Helped the Chicago Cubs Win their first World Series in 1918. West Oak Press, 2006. 253 pp. BOXING Century, Douglas. Barney Ross. Schocken, 2006. 216 pp. FOOTBALL Greenberg, Murray. Passing Game : Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football. Public Affairs, 2008. 358 pp. RUNNING Zweibel, Alan. The Other Shulman : a Novel. Villard Books, 2005. 288 pp. COMBINED SPORTS Lipman, Dov. Time Out : Sport stories as a Game Plan for Spiritual Success. Devora Publishing, 2008. 166 pp. Includes Baseball, Basketball, Biking, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Track & Field. Rosenberg, Roy. Everything You Need to Know About Jews and Their History. Plume. 1997. pp.88-93 For thumbnail sketches of greats including sports broadcasters. SPORTS IN CULTURE Gurock, Jeffrey. Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports. Indiana Univ. Press, 2005. 234 pp. EVERYONE AJLSC Chapter; Cole, Ellen, ed. A Bibliography of Jews in Sports : Books! Articles! Videos! For Adults and Children. Los Angeles, Self-published, April 2003. 24 pp. Ellen Cole, Librarian Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library Temple Isaiah 10345 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> =
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