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Published on Nov 17, 2015 | 208 Pages
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
Readers ages 8 to 12 years old will learn 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!
Looking for even more totally true and inspiring childhood stories? Check out Kid Athletes and Kid Olympians: Summer!
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.
Readers ages 8 to 12 years old will learn 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!
Looking for even more totally true and inspiring childhood stories? Check out Kid Athletes and Kid Olympians: Summer!
Author
David Stabler
David Stabler is the author of Kid Presidents (Quirk, 2014), Kid Athletes (Quirk, 2015), Kid Artists (Quirk, 2016), and Kid Authors (Quirk, 2017). He Lives in New York City.
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Doogie Horner
Doogie Horner is a writer, comedian, and illustrator.
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