Francois Fortin heads the editorial group that created the Firefly Visual Dictionary. Creating Sports spanned five years by a creative team of 40 editors, writers and illustrators.
A colorful and impressive reference to 125 amateur and professional
sports.-- "Athletic Business" (11/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
A sure winner for any sports reference collection.-- "American
Libraries" (5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM)
A valuable classroom resource. Coaches will find it helpful. All
sports fans will find it interesting and exciting. Highly
recommended.--Thomas F. Chambers "Canadian Materials for
Librarians" (11/28/2003 12:00:00 AM)
Attractive illustrations and the inclusion of many newer and
extreme sports make this volume highly recommended for purchase for
both reference and circulating collections in school and public
libraries.-- "Booklist" (12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM)
Comprehensive and reliable... The usefulness of this book is
extensive and long lasting.--Andrew Medlar "School Library Journal"
(3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM)
Impressive book ... the quality of illustrations in Fortin's book
are superior. This book should be popular for fans of the
Olympics.--J.A. Badics "Choice" (2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM)
The Olympic moto is citius (swifter), altius (higher), fortius
(stronger). The moto of Sports: The Complete Visual reference might
be 'bigger, brighter, better.'... the visuals are knockouts... I've
never seen anything to match this effort in terms of thoroughness
and lucidity... Every school library should have one.--Garth
Woolsey "Toronto Star" (8/18/2000 12:00:00 AM)
This book is designed to provide the reader with the history,
rules, strategies, and equipment for 127 sports played worldwide. A
combination of graphics, concise text, and photos enables the
reader to quickly find visual guidelines and information about a
variety of sports, including the classic Olympic events. Each
category (Track and Field, Snow Sports, Ball Sports, etc.) is
subdivided into individual events, featured on two or three
colorful pages. Traditional as well as less traditional athletics
are covered, such as BMX racing, inline skating, snowboarding, and
skateboarding. The format is easy to use and complete with a
detailed table of contents and index. A good, up-to-date reference
source for public and school libraries.--Larry R. Little "Library
Journal" (7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM)
This book is great, fun, and easy to read; the perfect lap
reference.--Wayne Janes "Toronto Sun" (9/17/2000 12:00:00 AM)
This book is perfect both for open-minded young people who have yet
to decide on their sport of choice and adults who still can't
follow Australian-rules football and curling.-- "Chicago Tribune"
(12/10/2000 12:00:00 AM)
This volume delivers with flair. Promising to cover the "evolution
of each sport into its current form," it looks at 127 mainstream
and extreme sports -- from lawn bowling and apnea freediving to
fencing and rock climbing. Know a student interested in BMX
competitions? Choose from half pipe, street, or flatland. Have
trouble understanding the scoreboard of a particular sport? Look no
further. Entries under color-coded categories such as racket,
equestrian, ball, nautical, and motor, cover the rules of the game,
scorekeeping, and technological and equipment changes over time.
Court/playing surfaces, sizes and types, the correct form and
training regimens of elite athletes, safety equipment, history, and
the responsibilities of the umpire or referee are also discussed.
The thousands of full-color and black-and- white illustrations,
photographs, and diagrams of the physical environment, equipment,
and techniques are the backbone of this title. The detailed table
of contents and accurate index facilitate access. This is a
stunning visual guide packed with information that will provide
answers to reference questions and hours of browsing
pleasure.--Michael McCullough "School Library Journal" (11/1/2000
12:00:00 AM)
True sports fans know the rules to their favorite games and they
will scream or even throw things at a TV set if they think a bad
call has been made. But even these die-hard aficionados can't be
familiar with the rules for every sport played around the world.
This illustrated encyclopedia details more than 100 sports,
including all the Olympic competitions as well as motor sports,
rock climbing and in-line skating. For each sport there are
diagrams, photographs and drawings showing the technique, practice
location, tactics, equipment, modifications and other details (such
as a typical training schedule). While many fans may not need this
reference volume for their favorite sport, this book would enhance
almost anyone's viewing of the Olympics, where there are so many
events with different rules. Intriguing details and descriptions
abound. For example, there is a sport known as apnea freediving. In
this event, divers first perform special respiratory exercises in
order to take in as much oxygen as possible. Then, the divers hold
their breath before descending to the designated depth and then
resurfacing. Other interesting facts: handball originated in Egypt
and was later played by the Romans. Leonardo da Vinci recognized
the principle of parachuting, but the first parachute fall was not
recorded until 1797. The illustrations are excellent; the
step-by-step figures of the different techniques and routines
enable readers to perfectly visualize the moves as if they were
watching someone perform in front of them.-- "Publishers Weekly"
(9/11/2000 12:00:00 AM)
You'll appreciate this beautiful book... Whatever your sport,
you'll find it in this excellent book and you'll enjoy learning
something new.-- "Books in Canada" (12/1/2003 12:00:00 AM)
A colorful and impressive reference to 125 amateur and professional
sports.--Athletic Business (11/01/2003)
A sure winner for any sports reference collection.--American
Libraries (05/01/2001)
A valuable classroom resource. Coaches will find it helpful. All
sports fans will find it interesting and exciting. Highly
recommended.-- (11/28/2003)
Attractive illustrations and the inclusion of many newer and
extreme sports make this volume highly recommended for purchase for
both reference and circulating collections in school and public
libraries.--Booklist (12/01/2000)
Comprehensive and reliable... The usefulness of this book is
extensive and long lasting.-- (03/01/2004)
Impressive book ... the quality of illustrations in Fortin's book
are superior. This book should be popular for fans of the
Olympics.-- (02/01/2001)
The Olympic moto is citius (swifter), altius (higher), fortius
(stronger). The moto of Sports: The Complete Visual reference might
be 'bigger, brighter, better.'... the visuals are knockouts... I've
never seen anything to match this effort in terms of thoroughness
and lucidity... Every school library should have one.--
(08/18/2000)
This book is designed to provide the reader with the history,
rules, strategies, and equipment for 127 sports played worldwide. A
combination of graphics, concise text, and photos enables the
reader to quickly find visual guidelines and information about a
variety of sports, including the classic Olympic events. Each
category (Track and Field, Snow Sports, Ball Sports, etc.) is
subdivided into individual events, featured on two or three
colorful pages. Traditional as well as less traditional athletics
are covered, such as BMX racing, inline skating, snowboarding, and
skateboarding. The format is easy to use and complete with a
detailed table of contents and index. A good, up-to-date reference
source for public and school libraries.-- (07/01/2000)
This book is perfect both for open-minded young people who have yet
to decide on their sport of choice and adults who still can't
follow Australian-rules football and curling.--Chicago Tribune
(12/10/2000)
This volume delivers with flair. Promising to cover the "evolution
of each sport into its current form," it looks at 127 mainstream
and extreme sports -- from lawn bowling and apnea freediving to
fencing and rock climbing. Know a student interested in BMX
competitions? Choose from half pipe, street, or flatland. Have
trouble understanding the scoreboard of a particular sport? Look no
further. Entries under color-coded categories such as racket,
equestrian, ball, nautical, and motor, cover the rules of the game,
scorekeeping, and technological and equipment changes over time.
Court/playing surfaces, sizes and types, the correct form and
training regimens of elite athletes, safety equipment, history, and
the responsibilities of the umpire or referee are also discussed.
The thousands of full-color and black-and- white illustrations,
photographs, and diagrams of the physical environment, equipment,
and techniques are the backbone of this title. The detailed table
of contents and accurate index facilitate access. This is a
stunning visual guide packed with information that will provide
answers to reference questions and hours of browsing pleasure.--
(11/01/2000)
True sports fans know the rules to their favorite games and they
will scream or even throw things at a TV set if they think a bad
call has been made. But even these die-hard aficionados can't be
familiar with the rules for every sport played around the world.
This illustrated encyclopedia details more than 100 sports,
including all the Olympic competitions as well as motor sports,
rock climbing and in-line skating. For each sport there are
diagrams, photographs and drawings showing the technique, practice
location, tactics, equipment, modifications and other details (such
as a typical training schedule). While many fans may not need this
reference volume for their favorite sport, this book would enhance
almost anyone's viewing of the Olympics, where there are so many
events with different rules. Intriguing details and descriptions
abound. For example, there is a sport known as apnea freediving. In
this event, divers first perform special respiratory exercises in
order to take in as much oxygen as possible. Then, the divers hold
their breath before descending to the designated depth and then
resurfacing. Other interesting facts: handball originated in Egypt
and was later played by the Romans. Leonardo da Vinci recognized
the principle of parachuting, but the first parachute fall was not
recorded until 1797. The illustrations are excellent; the
step-by-step figures of the different techniques and routines
enable readers to perfectly visualize the moves as if they were
watching someone perform in front of them.-- (09/11/2000)
You'll appreciate this beautiful book... Whatever your sport,
you'll find it in this excellent book and you'll enjoy learning
something new.-- (12/01/2003)
This book is great, fun, and easy to read; the perfect lap
reference.--Wayne Janes"Toronto Sun" (09/17/2000)
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