Younger Fiction

Allard, Harry
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
E All (Grades 1-3)
The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game.

Christopher, Matt
The Dog that Stole Football
Little Brown and Co, 1980
E Chr (Grades 1-3)
A boy and his dog are able to steal plays of the opposing football team.

Kessler, Leonard
Kick, Pass and Run
Harper Trophy, 1966
E Kes (Easy to Read)
After watching a boy's football game, a group of animals tries to organize their own team and game.

Leggat, Bonnie-Alisa
Punt, Pass and Point
Landmark Editions, 1992
E Leg (Grades 1 -3)
When Amy, the only girl and star player on her school's football team, breaks her arm, her parents insist that she give up football and take up ballet instead.

Schulz, Charles
Kick the Ball, Marcie!
Harper Collins, 1996
E Sch (Grades 1-3)
Peppermint Patty tries to teach Marcie how to punt, block and tackle with hilarious results.

Older Fiction

Christopher, Matt
The Counterfeit Tackle
Little, Brown and Co., 1965
+ PB Chr
When twins, as different as night a from day - one loving and excelling at football, and one reserved and quiet, switch places, this leads to more complications than the boys ever imagined

Christopher, Matt
Tight End
Little, Brown, 1981
+ PB Chr
A high school football player believes the harassment he is experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison record.

Christopher, Matt
Touchdown for Tommy
Little Brown and Co., 1959
+ PB Chr
A young boy worries about making the football team and convincing his foster parents to adopt him.

Hale, Bruce
This Gum for Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye
Harcourt, 2002
+ Hal
To save his own skin, private eye Chet Gecko sets out to solve the mystery of Emerson Hicky Elementary School's disappearing football players.

Nonfiction

Buckley, James
Football (Eyewitness series)
Dorling Kindersley, 1999
+ 796.332 Buc
Provides an illustrated look at many varies aspects of the popular sport of professional, including the history of the game, evolutions of equipment, the playing field and modern stadiums ,players ,fans and more.

Football Heroes (series)
Rourke, 1992

• Hays, Scott
  Hall of Famers
  796.332 Hay
• Marx, Doug
  De-Fense
  + 796.332 Mar
• Marx, Doug
  Running Backs
  + 796.332 Rog
• Rogers, Hal
  Generals
  + 796.332 Rog
• Rogers, Hal
  Super Bowls
  + 796.332 Rog

A series about the greatest players and legends of the gridiron.  Each of the 5 titles features lively stories and colorful photographs that tell the history and share the excitement of the game.

Past Featured Books