Ticket to the Tennis Grand Slam

From the Set The Big Game

Who has won the Tennis Grand Slam? How did they make it to the finals? Written as high interest with struggling readers in mind, this series includes considerate vocabulary, engaging content and fascinating facts, clear text and formatting, and compelling photos. Educational sidebars include extra fun facts and information about each championship. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, and author biography.

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 3
Dewey 796.342
Lexile 560L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level Q
Publisher 45th Parallel Press
Series The Big Game
Language English
Available Formats Reinforced book (9781668919514), Paperback (9781668920534), PDF (9781668923191), ePub (9781668921869), Hosted ebook (9781668925850), Kindle (9781668924525)
Copyright 2023
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7 x 9
Graphics Full-color photographs

Booklist - Ticket to the Tennis Grand Slam

The books in The Big Game series discuss a variety of popular sports by way of their associated championship games. Featuring colorful photographs and historic moments, the books will capture sports fans’ attention with engaging details and a fitting feeling of excitement. In NBA Finals, readers will get a feel for the structure of the finals (playoff games, Eastern and Western Conference teams) and learn about the history of teams and players that have been a part of the finals, such as Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Tennis Grand Slam introduces the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam (the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open) in addition to covering dramatic moments on the court and tennis stars (primarily women. Triple Crown covers the history of horse racing, in particular the three races that make up the Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes), and features the famous few horses—Secretariat, Citation, and American Pharoah among them-that have snagged this rare honor. Baseball’s Fall Classic is covered in World Series, which provides a history of the Yankees and an overview of championship teams and star players. Fast facts, fascinating stats, trivia, and an activity prompt make these high-interest books fun to read individually or share together with friends

Author: Martin Gitlin

Martin Gitlin is an educational book author based in Connecticut. He won more than 45 awards as a newspaper sportswriter from 1991 to 2002. Included was a first-place award from the Associated Press for his coverage of the 1995 World Series. He has had more than 200 books published since 2006. Most of them were written for students.

  • Introduction
  • Best of the Best
  • Great Grand Slam Moments
  • A Rich Rivalry
  • Young Talent
  • Activity
  • Learn More
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the Author
Activities for further learning
Author/Illustrator biography
Glossary of key words
Index
Informative sidebars
Table of contents
Full-color photographs