Turkeys Strike Out: And Other Fun Facts

Author

Hannah Eliot

Illustrator

Aaron Spurgeon

Publication Date

March 29, 2016

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

Hardcover

Currently out of stock

Description

You won't strike out with this book full of fun facts about baseball, soccer games, football fields, and more! Did you know that the most popular sport in the world is soccer? How about that if you are 7 feet tall or taller you have a 17% chance of playing in the NBA? Or that, in bowling, a "turkey" is when you get three strikes? Filled with tons of cool facts about sports, plus colorful, humorous illustrations, this book is sure to be a home run.

Publication date

March 29, 2016

Genre

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9781481451697

Lexile Measure

870

Publisher

Little Simon

Series

Did You Know...?

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Sports

Hannah Eliot

Hannah Eliot is a children's book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

Rashin Kheiriyeh has a master's degree in graphic design and a doctorate in illustration and has illustrated more than eighty books in half a dozen languages, including Welcome Home by Aimee Reid and Story Boat by Kyo Maclear, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. She was a 2017 Maurice Sendak fellow and is a lecturer at the University of Maryland. She was born in Khorramshahr, Iran, and now lives in Washington, DC. Visit her at RashinArt.com.

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