This book is part of a book series called Matt Christopher Sports Classics .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 130 pages in this book. This book was published 1989 by Turtleback Books .

Author Harvey Kidder, a resident of Westchester County, New York, originally wrote The Kids' Book of Chess for his son. Illustrator Kimberly Bulcken Root is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. She made her picture book debut with A Bed for the Wind. Her illustrations have appeared in The Nation, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. She and her husband, the illustrator Barry Root, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Matt Christopher is the name young readers turn to for fast-paced, action-packed sports stories.