Here are the top 30 sports & outdoors books for 8 year olds. Please click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check book availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Library to reset it.
1. Who Is Wayne Gretzky? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Who Was…?)
by: Gail Herman, Ted Hammond Release date: Feb 05, 2015 Number of Pages: 112 Find in Library Read Review |
2. Sports Illustrated Kids Big Book of Who Basketball
by: The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids Release date: May 05, 2015 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
The Big Book of Who: Basketball is a book young sports fans will return to again and again as a lively, exciting resource.
3. Children’s Book: Odd Sock Catches Gold Fever: Early Chapter Book for ages 5-8, About One Small Toy’s Adventures in a Big World (Odd Sock Adventures 1)
by: Melinda Kinsman, Melinda Kinsman Release date: Jun 27, 2014 Number of Pages: 86 Find in Library Read Review |
Join Odd Sock on her FIRST Big Adventure
Get your copy of this fun book for 5-8 year olds, and enjoy a trip to the Highlands of Scotland – with Odd as your enthusiastic, cute, young guide.
Odd Sock is a small, fairly brave cuddly toy who likes to explore. She likes going to new places, meeting new people, and trying out new things. Most importantly, she never likes to miss out on anything that sounds like it might be an adventure!
She’s heading north from her English home, on a camping trip to the mountains of Scotland. Share her adventures, and experience this new world through her curious eyes. You may even learn a few useful life lessons along the way.
>>> An Early Chapter Book, Illustrated with 40+ Photographs of Odd Sock enjoying her Travels.
The text is broken up by lots of photographs – ideal for those newer to reading. Children reading at approximately US Grade 2 level (age 7-8) may feel happy tackling this book on their own. Younger children of about 5+ will enjoy having the story read out to them while they search for Odd in all of the photographs. Each chapter would make a great short bedtime story.
>>> Learn lots of interesting facts.
This little book is packed with simple, interesting facts about Scotland – and even about maps, mountains and Morse Code!
>>> Learn lots of new vocabulary.
The book contains a Glossary at the end, giving simple meanings of unusual, or harder, words (harder than approximately US Grade 2).
Find out more about Odd and her cuddly toy friends, and about their other books, at https://topofthewardrobegang.weebly.com
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This eBook was previously called Odd Sock’s BIG Scottish Adventure.
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4. A Kid’s Guide to Fly Tying
by: Tyler Befus Release date: Nov 15, 2008 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review |
5. Dirt Bike Racers (Kid Racers)
by: James Holter Release date: Apr 01, 2010 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
6. DK Reader Level 2: WWE Daniel Bryan (DK Readers: Level 2)
by: Steve Pantaleo Release date: Jun 30, 2014 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Learn all about Daniel Bryan, the fan-favorite Superstar who ushered in WWE’s era of “YES!” Follow Daniel Bryan’s meteoric rise to become one of WWE’s most popular Superstars. Discover the ins and outs of his surge to prominence, his biggest rivalries and alliances, his finishing moves, nicknames, signature taunts, and managers.
7. Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way
by: Peter Golenbock, Paul Lee Release date: Mar 01, 2005 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Before blacks were allowed in the major leagues, Hank was determined to play. This is the story of how Hank Aaron became a great ballplayer and an inspiration to us all.
8. DK Reader Level 2: WWE Sheamus (DK READERS)
by: Steve Pantaleo Release date: Jun 30, 2014 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
9. Camp Omigosh
by: Wade Bradford Release date: Jun 25, 2015 Number of Pages: 348 Find in Library Read Review |
“A wild and zany camping adventure that will leave you begging for more. A must read for middle graders looking for something out of the ordinary.”
– Dorine White, author of The Awakening & Cleopatra’s Legacy series
10. 101 Things to Do Outside: Loads of fantastically fun reasons to get up, get out, and get active!
by: Creative Team of Weldon Owen Release date: Mar 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
From animal tracking and survival skills to using a compass and growing vegetables, 101 Things to Do Outside is the perfect guide for young explorers and aspiring adventurers longing for a taste of the great outdoors. Right outside your front door, there’s a world bursting with adventures just waiting to be explored. This pocket-sized book is overflowing with things to try, do, learn, and remember (plus it has a handy checklist!). Includes helpful step-by-step illustrations and plenty of activities and lessons. Actvities include: Outdoor games such as beach basketball and giant chess; Outdoor art projects such as build a hammock and making bark rubbings; Outdoor nature activities such as bug hunting and fossil hunting; Outdoor gardening activities such as planting a boot garden and creating an herb window box; Outdoor exploring activities such as cooking on a campfire and sending message with a flashlight. The fourth installment of the 101 Things series encourages children to step away from the computer screen and experience nature firsthand from their very own backyards.
11. 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside
by: Dawn Isaac Release date: Feb 23, 2016 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Read Review |
Let them go outside and play! More parents are heeding the advice of specialists who urge them to do just that. By playing outside with friends, kids learn valuable interpersonal and negotiation skills and how to make decisions. Outdoor play teaches about the natural world, fosters creativity, and encourages physical activity.
101 Things For Kids To Do Outside is ideal for parents, teachers, and all those working with youth. This book is ideal for the children who like gaming, TV, movies, the soft couch, and even too many snacks. The kids who believe “there’s nothing to do outside” can learn and be encouraged to experience the joy of outdoor play.
Each activity is described in language easy for a 6- to 9-year-old and illustrated with engaging graphics. Younger children may need direction, at least the first time. Large pictures display all the fun to be had. The activities range from 10 minutes to hours and hours of fun. Some require creativity, make-believe or physical exertion but they are all outside. Perfect for rainy days, sunshiny days, even snowy days.
Examples of the 101 activities are:
- Weave a bird’s nest
- Set up a potion lab
- Make nature rubbings
- Build a crawl tunnel
- Hold a mini Olympics
- Build a human sundial
- Make a nature walk bracelet
- Capture animal tracks
- Fly a homemade kite
- Make a rain gauge
- Make a snow maze.
12. Eyes on the Goal (4 for 4)
by: John Coy Release date: Feb 28, 2012 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
Just before they’re due to start middle school, Diego, Gig, Jackson, and Isaac, four sports-loving friends, all attend the same weeklong soccer camp. Diego is an experienced soccer player, and Gig has a natural ability for the sport he never realized. But Jackson and Isaac are split into another group of players?a group with younger, smaller kids. For the first time, both boys aren’t the stars of their team. In fact, they can’t seem to get a handle on soccer. At the same time, Jackson is having a hard time getting a handle on his mom’s deepening relationship with her boyfriend, and her suggestion that they move in with him. And Gig is worried about his father’s deployment to Afghanistan.
Here is a story about how life, like sports, can be unpredictable, frustrating, and exhilarating. Eyes on the Goal by John Coy is part of the 4 for 4 series, an action-packed middle grade series for young readers about four boys from diverse backgrounds who deal with family, friendship, and school situations.
“Light, enjoyable reading for those downtimes between sports seasons.” ?Booklist
“Coy has created a story of just the right length to keep his fans engaged. It is not necessary to have read Top of the Order to appreciate this one. Hints of fall football in middle school indicate that a third book is to follow.” ?School Library Journal
13. Race Car Drivers: Start Your Engines! (All Aboard Reading)
by: Steele Filipek Release date: May 28, 2009 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
14. At the Plate with…Ken Griffey Jr. (Matt Christopher Sports Bio Bookshelf)
by: Matt Christopher Release date: Apr 01, 1997 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
15. No Fooling (Cork and Fuzz)
by: Dori Chaconas, Lisa McCue Release date: Oct 11, 2012 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
16. Face-Off: Top 10 Lists of Everything in Hockey (Sports Illustrated Kids)
by: The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids Release date: Sep 29, 2015 Number of Pages: 80 Find in Library Read Review |
Don’t miss the other books in the Top 10 series from Sports Illustrated Kids: The Top 10 Lists of Everything in Sports, 1st and 10: Top 10 Lists of Everything in Football, and Slam Dunk!: Top 10 Lists of Everything in Basketball.
17. Nature Calls (Finley Flowers)
by: Jessica Young, Jessica Secheret Release date: Apr 01, 2015 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
18. Knot Too Shabby! (Sew Zoey Book 7)
by: Chloe Taylor, Nancy Zhang Release date: Jun 03, 2014 Number of Pages: 177 Find in Library Read Review |
In the seventh book in the Sew Zoey series, it’s almost summer vacation, and Zoey Webber won’t exactly be taking it easy. First she’s going to New York to meet her favorite fashion designer and spend the day at her design studio. Then she’s staying for an action-packed weekend in the city that never sleeps. And the fun doesn’t stop there: she and her friend Priti are going to sleepaway camp for the first time! The camp has canoeing, crafts…and a “no technology” rule. How will Zoey survive six weeks without sewing and blogging?
19. Love and Pollywogs from Camp Calamity
by: Mary Hershey Release date: Jun 14, 2011 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Read Review |
Mary Hershey’s third book about fourth grader Effie Maloney is a hilarious Texas adventure, complete with a camp ghost, swim lessons, rescued armadillos, campfires, and cowgirl stew.
Effie has been waiting forEVER for St. Dom’s special fourth-grade camp. Could there be anything more thrilling than an entire week with her two best friends? But when her big sister Maxey (Bosszilla) ends up working there, Camp Oh-So-Perfect turns into Camp Calamity. And Effie has to figure out how to hide the fact that she’s not, um, the greatest swimmer. She can’t even float. But she better learn fast, because she just HAS to be named Outstanding Camper of the Week and win back her family’s good name! (And she is N-O-T homesick. Completely and totally not even.)
From the Hardcover edition.
20. Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber
by: Sue Macy, C. F. Payne Release date: Feb 16, 2016 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
“It’s an entertaining and accessible portrait of a generous-minded writer and a reminder of the value of telling people’s stories, whether pro player or soapbox racer.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A heartfelt, informative, and thoroughly engaging picture book biography about groundbreaking sports reporter Mary Garber.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
From beloved author Sue Macy comes an illustrated biography of Mary Garber, one of the first female sports journalists in American history!
While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: “See that lady down there?” asked one boy. “That’s Mary Garber. She doesn’t care who you are, but if you do something good, she’ll write about you.”
Mary Garber was a pioneering sports journalist in a time where women were rarely a part of the newspaper business. Women weren’t even allowed to sit in the press boxes at sporting events, so Mary was forced to sit with the coaches’ wives. But that didn’t stop her.
In a time when African-American sports were not routinely covered, Mary went to the games and wrote about them. Garber was a sportswriter for fifty-six years and was the first woman to receive the Associated Press Sports Editors’ Red Smith Award, presented for major contributions in sports journalism. And now, every year the Association of Women in Sports Media presents the Mary Garber Pioneer Award in her honor to a role model for women in sports media.
Sure to inspire future journalists, athletes, and any child who has a dream, this illustrated biography of Mary Garber captures her feisty and determined spirit and brings her story to life.
21. Mom, There’s a Dinosaur in Beeson’s Lake (Secrets of a Lab Rat)
by: Trudi Trueit, Jim Paillot Release date: Feb 09, 2010 Number of Pages: 160 Find in Library Read Review |
22. The Young Martial Arts Enthusiast (Young Enthusiast)
by: David Mitchell Release date: Apr 01, 1997 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
23. Baseball: Play the Winning Way (Sports Illustrated Winner’s Circle Books)
by: Jerry Kindall Release date: May 18, 1993 Number of Pages: 256 Find in Library Read Review |
The keys to improving you hitting, running, fielding, and throwing
How to pitch, catch, and play the infield and outfield
Eight unique batting drills and how to make them work for you
Six plays any serious infielder should know
22 defensive stituations and how your team should handle them
24. DK Eyewitness Books: Sports
by: Tim Hammond Release date: Sep 05, 2005 Number of Pages: 72 Find in Library Read Review |
25. Florence Griffith Joyner: Track and Field Star (First Book)
by: April Koral Release date: Apr 01, 1992 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
26. Hearts of Gold: A Celebration of Special Olympics and Its Heroes
by: Sheila Dinn Release date: Jun 01, 1996 Number of Pages: 96 Find in Library Read Review |
27. I Sit and Stay: A Survival Guide for Kids (And Parents Too!)
by: Leah L. Waarvik Release date: Aug 15, 2008 Number of Pages: 36 Find in Library Read Review |
28. Oksana: My Own Story
by: Oksana Baiul Release date: Jan 14, 1997 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
29. The Adventures of Bubba Jones (#2): Time Traveling Through Shenandoah National Park (A National Park Series)
by: Jeff Alt, Hannah Tuohy Release date: Aug 25, 2016 Number of Pages: 200 Find in Library Read Review |
30. The Usborne Guide to Riding and Pony Care (Riding & pony care)
by: C. Rawson, J. Spector Release date: Jun 01, 1991 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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