eBranch Blog

July 13, 2006

Kick It...Kids Martial Arts Book List

This year's Summer Reading Program theme is Reading: The Sport of Champions. Our newest book list is for those of you who practice discipline through Martial Arts. Picture books, easy readers, fiction, and nonfiction books on a variety of disciplines are included.

Anne F. Rockwell. Chip and the Karate Kick
Chip starts taking karate lessons to be like the hero of his favorite television show, but his impatience to earn a belt gets in the way of learning the true spirit of karate.

Elizabeth Levy. The Karate Class Mystery
When someone takes Justin's karate belt, his friends in Invisible Inc. try to determine a motive as they investigate the mystery.

Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
During the Japanese occupation of parts of China, twelve-year-old Ye Xian is thrown out of her father's and stepmother's home, joins a martial arts group, and tries to help her aunt and the Americans in their struggle against the Japanese invaders.

Laura Scandiffio. The Martial Arts Book
The history, spiritual side and many styles of the different martial arts are presented along with how the practiced has changed over time.