Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781594748028)

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie 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

• 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!

Author: David Stabler
ISBN-10: 1594748020
ISBN-13: 9781594748028
Publisher: Quirk Books
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2015
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 180544 / Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 98
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2015
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13