Kid Legends Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends, Book 2, (Hardcover)

from LibStaff2

A collection of sports heroes as kids that's perfect for middle grades students. The athletes highlighted are both male and female and from different backgrounds, sports, and decades. I love the Leo Messi and Gabby Douglas stories. Interesting tidbits for young and old sports fans. This author al...

from sszkutak

Kid Athletes is a fun book about various athletes during their childhoods. The tales about about 10 pages long for each athlete and tell a story that helped get them to the place they are today - as well known, successful athletes. Some of the athletes included are Danica Patrick, Mohammad Ali, B...

from HeatherMS

This is a great book to introduce kids to some of sports greatest athletes. It gives us a glimpse into their lives as children and also lets us know about their achievements. Each chapter is fairly short and easy to read... so will definitely keep the interest of children without boring them. ***...

from Carlathelibrarian

Many people look up to sports stars, especially kids. Unfortunately, they are not all worthy of the hero designation, but the athletes in this book all overcame situations in their lives (particularly their childhood) to become the famous athlete they are recognized as being. David Stabler introd...

from smcgurr

This review was written by my 10-year-old daughter: I like this book because it has all different people, and there short biographies. It's more than 100 pages, so I can read it for school. It says how they got into the sports and other things about their childhood, like where they grew up and ab...