An Athletics Compendium

Children's& TeenageFiction L 103 - 118 Children's& Teenage Fiction # Novels & Storybooks Adamson,jean <&GarethAdamson 103Topsy and Tim's sports daGyl.asgow; Blackie, 1977. 24p; illus (Topsy and Tim handy books) ISBN: 0-216-90406-4 (cased) • 0-216-90407-2 (pbk) For very young readers. Allen, Joy 104 Sports dayfor Charlie /illustrated byMichael Charlton. London. HamishHamilton, 1990. 40p; illus ISBN: 0-241-12904-4 BL: YK.1990.a.6216 Avery, CharlesHarold 105 Out of the runninga: school story. London: Collins, 1904. 279p BL: 012803 .C .22 The Crottle Cup aCtlaybrook School is awarded to the winner of the 'famous ten-mcilreoss-country run' and forms most tohfe narrative from chapters 21-26. Barbour,Ralph Henry 106Winning his'Y': a story of school athletics. London: Appleton, 1910. vii, 286p; illus BL: 012705.bb.32 This, and the Barbour novels below,saerte in the USA, where they werepublished simultaneously. 107 For Yardley: a story of tracaknd field. London: Appleton, 1911. vi, 298p; illus BL: 012704.dd.6 108 Beaton runs the mile. London: Appleton, 1933. 291p; illus BL: A.N.1518 Bamett, John (pseudonymof John ReginaldStagg) 109 The Skipper of thXe I: a story of school lifLe.ondon: Blackie, 1915. 225p BL: 012804.d.l4 Includes two chapters on athletics. Barrie,Alexander 110 Ben goes for gold. London: Blackie, 1991. 118p ISBN: 0-216-93081-2 BL: YK.1991.a.4659 Bateman, Robert 111 Young runner. London: Constable, 1958. 159p (Sports fiction series) BL: W.P.4522/1 Batt, 'Elizabeth 112 The scarlet runners / illustratedby Daphne Rowles. London: Lutterworth, 1967. 61p; illus (Junior gateway series; no. 8) Bee,Dora 113 Our marathonrace / with colouredillustrations by Arthur Twidle. London: Religious Tract Society, 1910. 320p; illus BL: 04430.k.23 During the marathon craze that followedDorando's famous run, a group of girls organise their own six-mile 'marathon'. Bevan,Marjone 114 Five of the Fourth.London: Sampson Low, 1926. vi, 250p; illus BL; 12801.1.21 The chapter'Sportsday'features schoolgirl athletics. Bird,Richard(pseudonyomfWalter ftarradell-Smith) 115 The sporting house:scahool story/ with illustrations by T. M. R. Whitwell. London; HumphrMeyilford, Oxford University Press, 1921. 282p; illus BL: 0t2802.cc.ll School story featuringboyaathlete. 116 The Ryecroftrivals. London; Blackie, 1923. 256p BL: 12802.bb.45 School story that opens with a cross-country race. 117 The Wharton meda/l illustrated bFyrank Insall. London; Oxford UniversiPtyress, 1929. 259p; illus ' BL: 12812.g.20 School story featuring running. BuckendgeA, nthony 118 Jennings follows a clue. London; Collins, 1951. Chapter 16, 'Darbishire runs a race', has the main athletics content, and other references appear elsewhere. [ 1 6 5 ]