Open Your Spring Book Season With Enslow Sports Fiction Books

Library ISBN: 978-0-7660-3876-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4644-0002-5

The first pitch of the major league baseball season will be thrown eight days from today. With Opening Day comes interest in books about baseball. In addition to the traditional nonfiction titles about America's pastime, young readers have shown an increasing desire to read fiction in which major sports, such as baseball, become part of a work's essential texture.

Enslow Publishers' new fiction series -- "A Champion Sports Story" -- meets that demand with wonderful, age-appropriate novels featuring popular sports. The 104-page titles include two books involving baseball and are suitable for readers in grades 3 to 6. Author Kris Rutherford's Batting Ninth features a young boy whose sense of determination leads him to overcome considerable odds in his desire to reach new athletic achievements and personality growth. In Rounding Third, Heading Home!, author David Aretha shows how a team's embrace of a positive attitude lifts their performance and their spirits.

Each title in "A Champion Sports Story" is available in paperback for $9.95 directly from Enslow Publishers. Each book is also available in library-bound editions for the school/library price of $19.95; that price represents a 25% discount from Enslow Publishers' list price for each title.

New Sports Fiction Series Coming Soon!

Each title in this sports series combines fun, engaging sports stories with important lessons about sportsmanship, teamwork, and overcoming obstacles. Intended for grades 3–6, the easy-to-read text and fast-paced content will attract reluctant readers, while the sport theme will entice readers of all levels.

Titles in A Champion Sports Story series that have a January 1, 2012 publication date include:
Batting Ninth (ISBN: 978-07660-3886-8)

Matty in the Goal ISBN: (978-0-7660-3877-6)

Rounding Third, Heading Home (ISBN: 978-0-7660-3876-9)

Todd Goes for the Goal (ISBN 978-0-7660-3887-5)

Tony’s Last Touchdown (ISBN 978-0-7660-3885-1)

“Written in an engaging style, this new series will provide entertaining stories about popular sports that include soccer, baseball, and football, that young people love to read about. Readers will have the opportunity to learn something about each sport while being encouraged to become better players,” says Mark Enslow, President of Enslow.