This book is amazing and I love all of David Stabler's Kid ______ series books! I'm a gymnast and Gabby Douglas' story is very inspiring to me. I also liked reading about how Babe Ruth grew up and became a baseball player.
Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends (Kid Legends)
By David Stabler
Book 4 of 6 in the
Kids Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | 6.2 | 23351 |
Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Bille Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up.
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform school. Race car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the tango in his school play. Kid Athletes tells all of their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on every page. Other subjects include Billie Jean King, Jackie Robinson, Yao Ming, Gabby Douglas, Tiger Woods, Julie Krone, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, Bobby Orr, Lionel Messi, and more!
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform school. Race car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the tango in his school play. Kid Athletes tells all of their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on every page. Other subjects include Billie Jean King, Jackie Robinson, Yao Ming, Gabby Douglas, Tiger Woods, Julie Krone, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, Bobby Orr, Lionel Messi, and more!
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN-13: 9781594748028
ISBN-10: 1594748020
Published on 11/17/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
Book Reviews (63)
So, I have read Kid Presidents, and just recently finished this book. I think this author is genius, and I loved this book! If you love sports, biographies, and silly stories, you will adore this book.
This book is entertaining for both genders. This book is really good and I highly recommend this book to any sport loving reader. This book is also fun for stumping people escailly your friends and family
Kid Athletes is a book of true stories that are clearly enjoyable by all ages. Featuring several sport legends as kids, I clearly recommend this book as it tells of their beginning and how they were once just like us kids.
This book is so good that it got my jock brother into reading. This book should be a favorite of everyone. For boys there is all the sports that they are into to and for girls there is gymnastics. This book teaches you anything and mostly everything about that person. I highly recommend that you read this book!!!
it was very good and my brother liked it too. we think that it is a good book and it is cool to read about sports
I learned a lot of neat facts that I didn't know. Kids who love sports will like this. The illustrations are cartoon style and stick to the same basic colors throughout.
I got this book through a giveaway and am glad I did. This book is great!! I have learned a lot about athletes before they became pros. I recommend this book!
Who ever write this book is AMAZING!!! It's really good and my brother( who dislikes reading) loved this book. Great job to the author
I learned a lot of neat facts that I didn't know. Kids who love sports will like this.