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Check out great sport books for kids.

These books are great for sporty kids! From books about football to gymnastics and beyond, young readers will love these books centred around their favourite sports and Australian sporting heroes.

Picture Books

Spot Loves Sport

Eric Hill, Hill, Eric

Logan's Big Move

Logan Martin, Shane McGowan, Jess Black

Bluey: The Decider

We Are Matildas

Shelley Ware, Serena Geddes

Born to Run (picture book edition)

Cathy Freeman, Charmaine Ledden-Lewis

Bluey: Swim School

Paul Kelly, Avinash Weerasekera

Cody Simpson, Jess Black

Nicho Hynes, Marlee Silva, Blak Douglas

I Can Be a Matilda

I Can Be a Socceroo

Why I Love Footy

Michael Wagner, Tom Jellett

For ages 8+

Felice Arena, Garry Lyon

What Makes a Matilda

Matildas

The Colourful World of Poppy Starr Olsen

Poppy Starr Olsen, Jess Black

Jo Weston's Netball Besties 1: The Mystery of Missing Billie

Specky Magee and the Best of Oz

Felice Arena, Garry Lyon

Quantum Interstellar Sports League #1

J. Scott Savage

Kid Olympians: Summer

Robin Stevenson

You Choose: Footy Fever

Ellyse Perry 1: Pocket Rocket

Ellyse Perry, Sherryl Clark

Victoria Jamieson

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