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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)
Do you learn a lot when writing books like these?
I learn a tremendous amount. Even when I'm writing about someone I think I know very well—like Michael Jordan or Babe Ruth—I always find out new things about them. Most books about famous people skip over their childhoods and focus on their time as adults, so it takes a lot of research to find interesting stories to put in my books.
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I read the book about kid presidents and it was AWESOME!!!! I can tell this one is too! I really want to be a writer when I grow up!
I wanted to be a writer when I was your age too. Stick to it! I'm glad you liked Kid Presidents. I had a lot of fun writing that one.
This book is awesome
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Woah. I want this. So. Bad. My brother idolized Bruce Lee. He danced?! Like me?! That's amazing!
Yep, he won the Hong Kong cha cha championship when he was 17.
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Well when you get it, post a review. Would love to hear what you think of it.
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