Top 10 African American Athletes

Top 10 in Sports
  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Who's Number 1? It's every sports fan's biggest question. In Top 10 African American Athletes, readers get a chance to meet sports stars from football, tennis, golf, basketball, and more--then it's up to them to decide who tops the list. Stats, stories, and facts help each reader have their own opinion. The book features pioneering heroes from yesterday and today. Outstanding photography, fact-packed sidebars and captions, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author all aid readers' comprehension.

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Nonfiction
Category High Interest
Copyright 2019
Publisher The Child's World, Inc.
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2018-08-01
BISACS JNF054180
Dewey 796.089
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs
Dimensions 8 x 9.5
Lexile 770
Guided Reading Level U
ATOS Reading Level 4.7
ATOS Interest Level MG
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 197358
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Educational front/back matter, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Phonetics, Sources for further research, Suggested websites, and Table of contents
Online Resources

  • Introduction: Who’s Number One?
  • Jim Brown
  • Jackie Joyner Kersee
  • Lisa Leslie
  • Carl Lewis
  • Willie Mays
  • Jesse Owens
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Michael Jordan
  • Serena Williams
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Your Top Ten!
  • Sports Glossary
  • Find Out More
  • Index/About the Author
Author: K. C. Kelley

K. C. Kelley has written dozens of books for young readers on everything from sports to nature to history. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.

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