Maria Sharapova (0. Venus and Serena Williams (0.5) by Madeline Donaldson - Lerner Books 1 -2 2 - 3Īrthur Ashe: Young Tennis Champion (4.0) - by Paul Mantell - Aladdin Paperbacks 3 - 4 - 5Īlthea Gibson: Young Tennis Player (4.0) - by Beatrice Gormley - Aladdin Paperbacks 3 - 4 - 5 Venus and Serena Williams (3.0) by Matt Christopher - Little, Brown & Co. Horn - Gareth Stevens 3 -4 -5Ĭam Jansen: The Tennis Trophy Mystery (1.0) by David A. Today's Superstars Sports: Rafael Nadal (1.0) by Geoffrey M. Young Arthur Ashe: Brave Champion (0.5) 4

Let's Play Tennis by Kate Simkins - DK Readers K - 1 The A B Cs of Tennis by Cheryl Lagunilla - GHL Publishing K Tennis Initiative - DK Books K - 1- 2 - 3 I Love Tennis by Naia Bray-Moffatt - Wimbledon Jr. Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson - (0.5) by Sue Stauffacher - Alfred A. The Book Nothing But Trouble was a comedy written by Jacqueline Davies. Tennis Anyone - (0.5)* by Shane McG - Carolrhoda Books K - I - 2 Our Reading for Racquets recommended reading list : (You may want to go up or down a level depending on reading readiness.) Each time a student finished a book, he/she dropped a ticket in their classroom box for a drawing for racquets at the end of the month. Some read as many as 50 books in a contest that lasted for a month. Of course some students read all the tennis books and more. All books meet national standards and have been vetted by our teachers. Students in each class who read the most books were awarded a racquet. We kicked off this program by having a tennis reading contest. Books are grade level appropriate and may be read to or by our students. To begin our program in Dadeville, every classroom was given five books about tennis and tennis heroes.

Nothing but Trouble by Sue Stauffacher