Ticket to the NBA Finals
From the Set The Big Game
Who has won the NBA Finals? Who were the most valuable players? 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 game. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, and author biography.
Interest Level | Grade 5 - Grade 8 |
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Reading Level | Grade 3 |
Dewey | 796.323/640973 |
Lexile | 590L |
ATOS Reading Level | |
Guided Reading Level | Q |
Publisher | 45th Parallel Press |
Series | The Big Game |
Language | English |
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Available Formats | Reinforced book (9781668919569), Paperback (9781668920589), PDF (9781668923245), ePub (9781668921913), Hosted ebook (9781668925904), Kindle (9781668924570) |
Copyright | 2023 |
Number of Pages | 32 |
Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
Graphics | Full-color photographs |
Booklist - Ticket to the NBA Finals
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
- A Super History
- Early Days, Big Moments
- The Next Generation
- Into the 2000s
- 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 |