Overview
Team spirit is that deep passion shared by the players and fans when they wear the same school colors, watch the same scoreboard, and cheer the same triumphs. The Team Spirit college football series celebrates the timeless connection between the school, the players, and the fans.
Every Team Spirit title explores the history of the team, its greatest moments and players, fun quotes, amazing stories, and much more. Each book also includes a table of contents, index, glossary, places to go, timeline, and maps. The series covers professional and collegiate sports teams.
The Texas Longhorns
Sports author Mark Stewart brings the spirit and tradition of the Texas Longhorns to life for young football fans. Using the school's rich history and memorabilia, he creates an engaging story that transforms readers into instant experts.
Did You Know?
Read The Texas Longhorns and learn these interesting facts and more about the team:
The Longhorns were originally known as the Steers.
The Texas mascot is a longhorn named Bevo.
A Texas kicker once made a 67-yard field goal.
Read all the books in the Team Spirit series to learn more about college and professional sports. For a complete listing of teams, visit our website at: www.norwoodhousepress.com
Synopsis
Team spirit is that deep passion shared by the players and fans when they wear the same school colors, watch the same scoreboard, and cheer the same triumphs. The Team Spirit college football series celebrates the timeless connection between the school, the players, and the fans.
Every Team Spirit title explores the history of the team, its greatest moments and players, fun quotes, amazing stories, and much more. Each book also includes a table of contents, index, glossary, places to go, timeline, and maps. The series covers professional and collegiate sports teams.
The Texas Longhorns
Sports author Mark Stewart brings the spirit and tradition of the Texas Longhorns to life for young football fans. Using the school's rich history and memorabilia, he creates an engaging story that transforms readers into instant experts.
Did You Know?
Read The Texas Longhorns and learn these interesting facts and more about the team:
The Longhorns were originally known as the Steers.
The Texas mascot is a longhorn named Bevo.
A Texas kicker once made a 67-yard field goal.
Read all the books in the Team Spirit series to learn more about college and professional sports. For a complete listing of teams, visit our website at: www.norwoodhousepress.com
Children's Literature
"Hook 'em 'horns!" is the well-known battle cry of this college football franchise. The addition of the University of Texas to "Team Spirit-College Football" is a logical choice for the series. A member of the Big 12 Conference, the Longhorns have had their share of the limelight. In this book young readers will be introduced to the history of the team, from their earliest days through the significant players, their stadium, their uniforms and on to their huge mascot, Bevo. The timeline provides a chronological overview of the team, but the chapters themselves do not follow the time sequence. Because the book focuses solely on the college players there is no reference to Longhorn players who may have influenced the NFL. And, the fact that there are two separate chapters of player lists is a bit awkward. The information itself is rich in detail and presented with bold vocabulary words. There are also sidebars that give important general information about college football and the teams that play it. Middle-school Longhorn fans may want to add this book to their collection of sports memorabilia and schools in the Big 12 states will appreciate having the college football series in their libraries. Reviewer: Janis Flint-Ferguson