Sports - Miscellaneous Genre
Books in the Sports - Miscellaneous genre:
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1924)
Hans and his sister try to earn money to help their mother and pay for a doctor to cure their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
Mike: A Public School Story (1924)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
J. H. Hartley
Hans Brinker: or, The Silver Skates (1926)
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
George Wharton Edwards
The Heart of a Goof (1926)
Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Divots (1927)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic (1934)
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
National Velvet (1935)
Author(s):
Enid Bagnold
Illustrator(s):
Laurian Jones
The Will to Win (1936)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Gincano
The Little Sail Boat (1937)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Little Sailing Boat (1938)
This is the British edition of Captain Small’s sailing adventures. A good introduction to the technique of sailing.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Manual of American Mountaineering (1941)
Author(s):
Kenneth Atwood Henderson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Handbook of American Mountaineering (1942)
Author(s):
Kenneth Atwood Henderson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Fun at the Playground (1946)
Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Bernice Osler Frissell
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Fun in Swimming (1946)
Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Bernice Osler Frissell
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1946)
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
The Black Stallion and Satan (1949)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
The Blood Bay Colt (1950)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Hidden Trapezes (1950)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
Reisie Lonette
The Prince and the Porker (1950)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Little Vic (1951)
Author(s):
Doris Gates
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Black Stallion’s Filly (1952)
Black Minx, daughter of the Black, has been spoiled - can Henry and Alec get her ready to race in the Derby?
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Big Black Horse (1953)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
Read online at archive.org.
Mike at Wrykyn (1953)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt (1954)
When Tom Messenger is injured in an accident, it’s up to Alec Ramsay and Henry to race Bonfire in the Hambletonian.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Island Stallion Races (1955)
With the help of an extraterrestrial visitor, Steve Duncan races Flame.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Black Stallion’s Courage (1956)
When a devastating fire destroys the brood barn Alex Ramsay takes the Black back to the track to earn the money to replace it.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
None
The Little Fish that Got Away (1956)
If you want to catch fish you have to be patient.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Bernadine Cook
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1958)
Hans and Gretel’s father has been unable to work. If Hans wins the skating race it will help to support the household. Hans decides to ask the famous brain surgeon if he can help their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Anyone Can Live off the Land (1961)
How to stay warm in the wilderness, fish without tackle, quench your thirst, avoid getting lost, and build a shelter.
Author(s):
James Ralph Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Snow on Blueberry Mountain (1961)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Man o’ War (1962)
A fictionalized biography of America’s greatest race horse.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
More Mr. Small (1962)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Black Stallion Challenged! (1964)
Steve Duncan and Flame challenge Alec Ramsay and the Black to race.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Too Steep for Baseball (1964)
Author(s):
Arthur Donald Stapp
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Little Black Pony Races (1968)
The little black pony gets a chance to show what he can do in a race.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Mike at Wrykyn (1968)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Charles Waterhouse
The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
The Pothunters (1972)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Prefect’s Uncle (1972)
When Alan Gethryn’s uncle joins his house as a junior, embarrassing situations arise for the head of Leicester’s house.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Tales of St. Austin’s (1972)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The White Feather (1972)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Golf Omnibus (1973)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
The Gold Bat (1974)
A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Head of Kay’s (1974)
Having been appointed head boy of Kay’s house against his will, Kennedy soon finds that it is something like taking over the running of Hades while Mephistopheles sat back and watched.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
The Head of Kay’s (1974)
Having been appointed head boy of Kay’s house against his will, Kennedy soon finds that it is something like taking over the running of Hades while Mephistopheles sat back and watched.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Stephen Richard Boldero
How to Stay Out of Trouble with Your Horse (1980)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Tim Farley
The Clicking of Cuthbert: Golf is the Game (1986)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Étienne Delessert
The Gold Bat and Other Stories (1986)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Tony McSweeney
The Pothunters and Other School Stories (1986)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Tony McSweeney
Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
Friendly Matches (2001)
This is a collection of football poems covering a range of different aspects of the game. For example, referees, team talk, the 1966 World Cup, all written in different verse forms.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)
Author(s):
John Hulls
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Little Fish that Got Away (2005)
Author(s):
Bernadine Cook
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Will to Win (2005)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Gincano
The Heart of a Goof (2006)
Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Snow on Blueberry Mountain (2006)
Mark Wilkins decides to see if he can make his father’s ‘folly’ into a money-making business by building a ski run.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
The Pothunters (2009)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
A Prefect’s Uncle (2010)
When Alan Gethryn’s uncle joins his house as a junior, embarrassing situations arise for the head of Leicester’s house.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
The Gold Bat (2011)
A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Tales of St. Austin’s (2012)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Tales of St Austin’s (2012)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
R. Noel Pocock
E. F. Skinner
T. M. R. Whitwell
Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (2012)
Twenty-five stories of boarding school life by the Master.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
The White Feather (2013)
Sheen funks it when faced with fighting a townee and Wrykyn shuns him. He takes tuition and wins his class at Aldershot.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
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