99 different royalty-free motifs, reproduced in two sizes to reduce the need for statting — all professionally rendered — depict men, women and children in various baseball positions: hitting, catching, pitching, running bases, sliding, more. Includes umpires, gloves, bats, balls, other equipment.
One hundred and one bold black-and-white illustrations of men, women and children engaged in aerobic exercise and dance, jogging, walking, working out with weights and exercise machines, biking, swimming, and more.
192 crisp, royalty-free images of people playing baseball, tennis and basketball, biking, boxing, fishing, riding horses, hunting, running, skiing, lifting weights, and more. Perfect for a host of print projects.
Everything You Need to Become a Hardball Know-It-All The next book in the Fanbook series from Sports Illustrated Kids, The Baseball Fanbook has all the nerdy-cool insider knowledge that fans ready for next-level, in-depth stats need to know to impress their friends, family, coaches, and any season ticket holders they may meet. Tailor-made for baseball fanatics ages 8 and up who know the basics of the sport they love, may play it, and are looking to become super fans, this new fanbook is filled with fun trivia, unique lingo, and illustrated behind-the-skills how-to's. Chapters include Team Tidbits (salient baseball facts about every MLB team), Think Like a Manager (essential strategies to understand), He Reminds Me Of (compares current players to legendary greats of AmericaÕs favorite pastime), and much more!
Jackson is ready for his first baseball game, but a pesky bee might just ruin his big day. This Starting Line Reader is sure to be a home run for every new reader.
"Author Ken Mochizuki reads his award-winning book. There is some soft background music, and a few gentle sound effects, but the power of the words need little embellishment...This treasure of a book is well-treated in this format." - School Library Journal
Based on J.G. Heck's 'Bilder Atlas zum Conversations Lexicon, ' published in Germany in the nineteenth century, the original 'Iconographic Encyclopædia of Science, Literature, and Art' was a monumental six-volume compilation of illustrations and information covering an enormous range of subjects, from archaeology to zoology. Among its most remarkable features were the more than 11,000 superb steel engravings, comprising one of the most extensive pictorial archives ever published in a single work. The present book is devoted to architecture, mythology, and fine art, and includes illustrations of prehistoric tombs, pyramids, catacombs, classical temples and medieval cathedrals, as well as museums, arches, bridges and scores of other structures. Also depicted are mythological and religious figures and rites from many cultures: Hindu, Japanese and Mexican idols; Egyptian gods and goddesses, Persian processions, runic stones, Dionysian orgies and others. Fine art illustrations include Etruscan bas-reliefs, Egyptian painting and statuary, Greek sculpture, paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Andrea del Sarto, Titan, and other masters, along with illustrated examples of the art of drawing, and alphabets of various languages.
My First Book of Baseball, the second Rookie Book from Sports Illustrated Kids, coaches young kids through the game of baseball with a visual retelling of an actual MLB game--from the first pitch to the game winning hit! Strikes, outs, steals, foul balls, home runs and more are all explained using a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text with engaging graphics, and a full glossary of essential baseball terms and phrases. An illustrated rookie player character also appears on every page, providing fun facts to help the next generation of fans better understand the game. Perfect for beginning readers, My First Book of Baseball is meant to be a shared reading experience between parents and their young minor league rookies before, during, and after the ball game.
The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
Over 1,000 motifs reprinted from a rare book of design first published in France in 1870. Ornate Cyrillic and Greek letters, corners, borders, page heads, and more as they appeared in illuminated Russian manuscripts.