A brief history of the sport for beginning readers. The author notes the origins of the sport and facts about the World Cup and Olympic competitions. The captioned illustrations consist of colorful photographs of both men and women playing the game as well as black-and-white artistic renderings of related scenes of the 1800s. A few facts, boxed in orange rectangles, are included. School Library Journal

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