Books Produced by Shoreline
From oversize hardcover books with more than 300 illustrations to paperback novels for children (and anything in between), the Shoreline Publishing Group has made it happen...and can make it happen for your company.
The following is a list of recent projects produced by Shoreline. Your company's books can be on this list...just contact us and we'll make your ideas happen.
Current Books
Show Me History!
Amelia Earhart and Martin Luther King Jr.Created with fellow book packager Oomf, Inc. for Portable Press, these innovative graphic nonfiction books for ages 8 and up are already getting rave reviews, with five more planned in the series in 2020.
The New Zoo
This fun and colorful title from Beach Ball Books (a Shoreline division) won the 2019 Independent Press Awards in Children’s Nonfiction and Animals/Pets categories. The stories in the book reveal fun facts about some of the most interesting animals that scientists have recently revealed to the world.
The Amazing Animal Awards: The Dinos and The Sharkies
Kids get a chance to choose the winners of these awards. After reading facts and information, they make their picks and award the coveted tropies using stickers bound into the book!
The Scholastic Year in Sports
Shoreline has produced this top-selling sports title for Scholastic for 11 years . . . and we’re already at work on year 12!
Soccer Superstars and Football Superstars
Published by Beach Ball Books exclusively for Scholastic Book Fairs, these photo-packed books highlight the top players in their sports, plus come with cool sports-themed erasers!
Secrets of the Revolutionary War
Coming in Fall 2019 is this middle-grade nonfiction book by Michael Burgan. It tells untold stories of how women, African Americans, and Native Americans contributed to the success of the war, plus reveals the inside story of spies on both sides!
Amazing Americans
Shoreline created 10 books in the Amazing Americans series for Bearport Publishing. Aimed a young readers, each book highlighted the life story of a famous figure from sports, music, or history.
Top 10 in Sports
The Child’s World brought in Shoreline to create this fun series of sports books. Each title offered readers our opinion of the top 10 athletes in baseball, football, soccer, Olympics, and more, and then let the kids choose who was number one!Past Books
X-Why-Z (Series)
Co-written and produced with Mark Shulman of Oomf Inc., this is an award-winning series of question-and-answer books aimed at K-2. Titles include the original X-Why-Z, Animals, Space, and Your Body. Time Home Entertainment Inc.
Snakeopedia
Written for fellow packager Scout Books and Media, this title from Discovery Channel includes thousands of facts about snakes and other reptiles. And look for BUGOPEDIA due out in late 2015. Time Home Entertainment Inc.
Carmelo the Science Fellow
Shoreline’s Jim Buckley co-wrote this with children’s science educator Carmelo Piazza. The book features awesome experiments for kids of all ages. POW! Publishing.
Scholastic Year in Sports 2015
This is the signature annual in Shoreline’s list, published to big sales year after year and updated annually with the latest and greatest from the world of sports. Scholastic Inc.
Amazing Me Book
With editions for boys, girls, and traveling families, these fun, interactive books include page after page of ways kids can set new “world records” and complete unique challenges. Studio Fun International
Scholastic Readers
A pair of readers (so far!) in this popular Scholastic series. Shoreline wrote the manuscript and consulted on design and photo. Scholastic Inc.
First Pitch: How Baseball Began
Written by John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, First Pitch takes young baseball fans back to the game's very beginnings. Meet the people who created the rules, laid out the field, and kickstarted America's National Pastime.
Big Book of Why: Cool, Crazy, & Outrageous
This massive book is packed with answers to the famous question: Why? Chapters on entertainment, sports, history, geography, and more answer kids’ burning questions. Co-written with Oomf Inc.Time Home Entertainment Inc.
Weird Sports!
Turkey bowling! Mullet tossing! Waterfall kayaking! And yes, of course ... caber tossing! All these wild and wacky sports are in this awesome collection of things you won't see every night on SportsCenter. By Michael Teitelbaum
NFL.com Fantasy Football Guide
Officially licensed by the NFL, this is the first “just for kids” guide to this fun game, which combines real-life NFL action with strategy and online research. Includes tips from NFL experts and rankings of all the top players. (Beach Ball Books)
Sterling Sports Biographies
A six-book addition to the Sterling Biographies line that includes books on America’s greatest sports legends: Jim Thorpe, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali.
MLS Soccer Books
Two officially licensed kids' book from Major League Soccer, these fun books take readers around the world . . . and around the world of MLS. Meet the top players and find out about the countries they hail from. Includes two sheets of stickers (team logos and country flags).
Sports in America 1960-2009
A massive, year-by-year look at the most exciting decades in American sports history, tracking not only the great moments and superstars, but also the ways that sports has impacted American society. (Chelsea House)
Ultimate Guide to Baseball
Stats, stars, trivia, history, slang, records, even tips on how to play: It’s all in this fact-filled guide that also includes a spread on every big-league team. (Scholastic)
Ultimate Guide to Football
Stats, stars, trivia, history, slang, records, even tips on how to play: It’s all in this fact-filled guide that also includes a spread on every NFL team. (Scholastic)
Square One Cards
Perfect for hanging on a kids’ backpack, these four sets of cards combine fun trivia and information with hands-on ideas for things to do and make. Decks include Pirates, Horses, Spies, and Soccer. (PlayBac Publishing).jpg?1557598697 "Eyewitness Baseball 2010")
Eyewitness Baseball 2010
On the 10th anniversary of publication, here’s a fully updated version of the baseball version of the popular EW series. The new edition includes a CD with clip art and a cool baseball poster.
Scholastic Book of Lists II
The followup of the popular fun reference book that lets kids find out everything from the weirdest ice cream flavors to the tallest buildings to the all-time leading World Cup goal-scorers. (Also produced as Canadian and Australian editions.)
Scholastic Book of Firsts
The first book for kids that tells how just about everything started, from the first car, plane, and bike to the first email, cell phone, and Super Bowl! Packed with fascinating facts and trivia!
Scholastic Book of Lists I
It’s a book. It has lists. It has lots and lots and lots of lists on hundreds of topics interesting to kids.
Reading Rocks
A 40-book series of nonfiction books aimed at the Hi-Lo market that includes topics such as smokejumpers, babysitters, cycling, pets, sharks, animals, sports, and more. (Child’s World)
DK Readers: Boy Scouts
The famous DK Readers team up wit the Boy Scouts to produce titles on Scout-friendly topics like Hiking, Fishing, Geocaching, and animals.
DK Readers: Pokemon
One of the world’s most popular games gets the DK Reader treatment, with titles that introduce characters and new lands and heroes.
The World’s Biggest Everything
Produced with the Guinness Book of World Records, this “big” book covers things from buildings and airplanes to balls of string and fingernails! (Time Inc. Home Entertainment)
World’s Greatest Athletes
A 16-book series of biographies of the top male and female athletes in the U.S. and the world. (Child’s)
Play Ball!
Kids can become better ballplayers with this photo-filled book, the official how-to-play guide of Major League Baseball. Step-by-step photos combine with tips from Major League players to create a one-of-a-kind guide
My Baseball Book
A unique tabbed board book helps very young readers take their first steps into America's National Pastime. Each position gets a spread. Basic rules are explained, and bright color pictures feature MLB stars, equipment, history, and more.
Baseball Top 10
Stats make baseball come alive for fans around the world. In this book, they'll all get their fill of numbers, names, dates, and more, filling more than 250 Top 10 lists on every possible topic. Settle any argument by having Baseball Top 10 close at hand.
Eyewitness Football
Created while with NFL Publishing, Eyewitness Football was the first Eyewitness book produced by an American team in the 15-year history of the series...and it quickly became one of DK Publishing's top sellers. Hundreds of photos from the NFL Photos library document the early days of the NFL, the passion and power of the game, the glory of the Super Bowl, the intensity of NFL fans and more.
Baseball: A Celebration
More than 600 photographs tell the entire story of baseball in America and around the world. The greatest stars, the most emotional moments, the most famous faces are all here. From the earliest games in the 1840s to the home-run sluggers of today, fans will find every one of their baseball memories brought to life in these pages.
Spider-Man Amazing Powers
Young fans of the famous web-slinger learn in this DK Reader that their favorite hero has more in common with everyday spiders than they think. Using a combination of nature photos and comic-book art, the book shows how Spider-Man's powers mimic those of real spiders.
Eyewitness Baseball
A part of the internationally-acclaimed Eyewitness series, Eyewitness Baseball takes a close up look at everything a young baseball fan would want to see. Read about the history of baseball, see how baseball bats are made, meet the game's greatest stars, and see rare memorabilia from more than 150 years of "America's National Pastime."
Eyewitness Football
Created while with NFL Publishing, Eyewitness Football was the first Eyewitness book produced by an American team in the 15-year history of the series...and it quickly became one of DK Publishing's top sellers. Hundreds of photos from the NFL Photos library document the early days of the NFL, the passion and power of the game, the glory of the Super Bowl, the intensity of NFL fans and more.
The Lost Cowboy Ghost (fiction)
Dallas Cowboys stars Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith visit a cowboy camp and help some campers get rid of a pesky ghost. The kids use their brains, while the NFL stars help out with their football skills. A novel for 7-12 year old readers
G.I.Joe at D-Day (fiction)
Created with Scholastic Books under license to Hasbro, this novel for young readers (and its companion novel, G.I. Joe at Iwo Jima), placed the popular action figure in historical settings, using careful research to create a realistic picture of life during these pivotal moments in American history.
America's Greatest Game
Named one of the 10 best kids' sports books of the year by the Library Journal, the photo-filled scrapbook carries readers through the history of the National Football League. It also features action photos and stories of the greatest players in the game's history, plus rare photos from the game's early days.
Strikeout Kings
Read about the best flame throwers in history, plus meet Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and Roger Clemens, top strikeout artists of today.
Super Shortstops
Three of the greatest shortstops ever are playing today. Meet Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Alex Rodriguez.
Roberto Clemente(English and Spanish)
Tells the story of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame outfielder who died tragically in 1972. He led the way for today's many Hispanic stars.
Home Run Heroes
The 1998 season featured the greatest home run race ever. In this book, re-live the excitement and meet Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosaa, and Ken Griffey, Jr.
Baseball A-B-C
From B for baseball to W for World Series, learn the alphabet in this coloful board book.