The Fastest Game on Two Feet

(Hardback)

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Have you ever wondered how your favorite sport began Basketball got its start when a physical education instructor invented a new game for bored students. The original soccer ball might have been a skull! The history of other sports is just as surprising--bowling was part of an early religious ritual; lacrosse games used to stretch for miles and last for days; and the king of France once outlawed tennis because it was a gambling game!
Alice Low's witty poems, vividly ilustrated by John O'Brien's uproarious cartoons, hit a true home run for readers.

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John O'Brien is a well-known NEW YORKER cartoonist. For Clarion, he has illustrated DEAR OLD DONEGAL. He has illustrated many children's books, including "Red, White, Blue, and Uncle Who: The Stories behind Some of America's Patriotic Symbols" by Teresa Bateman. He divides his time between New Jersey and Florida. The author of more than 25 books for children, Alice Low was born in New York City in 1926. She graduated from Smith College in 1947. Low published her first works for children while raising her own three kids, and went on to combine writing with jobs producing educational filmstrips, teaching creative writing, and doing editing and editorial consulting. She has also volunteered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Perhaps best-known for her amusing fiction for young children -- including the popular The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches, which she has since turned into a musical -- Low has also written nonfiction, adapted myths and legends, and selected works for anthologies. Low lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York, where she enjoys singing and playing tennis.