An Athletics Compendium

Children's& Teenage Fiction JL 168 - 183 Oliver, Martin Keith, Angela 168The winner's wreath/ illustrations by Martin Remphry. London: Watts, 1999. 63p; illus (Sparks) ISBN: 0-7496-3368-9 (cased) • 0-7496-3555-X (pbk) Parker, Maty Louise 169 Suzette wins her way. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1947. v, 246p BL: 12830 .C .22 The chapter'Sports day features schoolgirl athletics. Peters, Jim <&Robert J. Hoare 170 Spiked shoes/ illustrated by Harold Beards. London; Cassell, 1959. vii, 184p; illus BL: 12840.ee.25 Young adult noveclo-written by the marathon star. Petersen,Christian 171 Mystery comes to St. Christopher's. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1937. 256p; illus BL; 12833.b.l8 Includes a chapter featuring cross-country. Pullen, Godfrey F. 172 Jerry smashes through. London; Sampson Low, 1936. vi, 249p BL; 20055.h.l2 School story featuringcomapetition in aprofessional race. Reed, Talbot Baines 173 Follow my leader, or. The boys of Templeton; a school story / illustrated by W. S. Stacey. London; Cassell, 1885. vii, 376p BL; 1281I.e.10 Features harriers runnaintg school levwel,ith runs of up to twelve miles (pp 50-5763;-76; 310-327). 174 Tom, Dick and Harry. London: Religious Tract Society, 1894. 320p BL: 4429.f.33 School story with a sports day climax. 175 The master of the shelLl.ondon; Boy's Own Paper, 1913. 315p BL: 04430 .g .49 Much of the heart of the book (chapters 12-15is) plotted around a school sports meeting. 176 The great Olympics / designed and illustrated by Peter Longden. London: Ark, 1979. 20p; illus; pbk (Buddy bear books) ISBN; 0-85421-845-9 BL: X.990/19218 Rhoades, Walter C. 177 Our fellows at St. Mark's; a school story. Edinburgh; Nimmo, 1891. 253p; illus BL: 012803.ee.8 The first four chapters tell of events at a school sports day. 178 The last lap: a school story. London; Humphrey Milford, 1923. 288p BL; 12802.bbb.46 179 The whip hand; a school story. London: Blackie, 1925. 255p BL: 012807.bbb.30 Includes chapters 'Thterack', 'Thesports' an'dThe mile'. Richardson, Sheila, D. Whitehouse <&G. I. Wilkinson 180 Teenage twelve, book 7; sports day / illustrated by Josephine Crickmay. Glasgow; Gibs1o9n6,6. 16p; illus Rogers, Pamela 181 Sports day/ illustrated byjanet Duchesne. London; Hamilton, 1972. 48p; illus (Gazelle books) ISBN; 0-241-02087-5 Ross, Stewart 182 Athens issaved!; the firstmarathon / illustrated by Sue Shields. London; Evans, 1997. 62p; illus (Coming alive) ISBN; 0-237-51747-7 Fictional treatment featuring Cimon the Stutt rer as the Greek messenger wbrhiongs news of the victory. Russell, Christopher 183 Geordie racer. London: BBC, 1990. 128p; illus; pbk (Look andread) ISBN; 0-563-34770-8 Accompanied a TV series and features the Great North Run. [ 169 ]