Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends

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 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
Published: 11/17/2015
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781594748028
Age: Ages 9-12

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

About the Author
Author David Stabler and illustrator Doogie Horner have created several books together, including Kid Presidents (Quirk, 2014), Kid Athletes (Quirk, 2015), Kid Artists (Quirk, 2016), and Kid Authors (Quirk, 2017).