Kid Athletes True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends |
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| Author:
| Stabler, David |
| Illustrator:
| Horner, Doogie |
| Series title: | Kid Legends Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59474-802-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Quirk Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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!