Little Kids First Big Book of Sports

Help your kids get active

National Geographic Kids in partnership with ESPN produced this comprehensive introduction to the wide world of sports. In addition to covering the world’s most popular team sports, it also provides basic information on just about every organized sporting activity on the planet. This includes both group and individual sports. There is a section that highlights the Olympic Movement as well as other obscure sports played in various cultures around the world. I really like this book because it encourages elementary school aged kids to get involved in sports either as a competitor or as a form of exercise (running, swimming, bicycling, etc.) regardless of one’s physical abilities. And of course, the book promotes sports fandoms as a positive form of entertainment and as a means of bonding with others. The overall message of this book is you don’t have to be a stereotypical “jock” to enjoy sports.