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

The series that includes Kid Presidents, Kid Artists, and Kid Athletes now chronicles the lives of Kid Authors Here are true tales of famous writers, from long before they were famous--or even old enough to drive. Did you know:

- Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school and make mischief, with his best friend Tom, of course
- A young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula--or as he called it, "a spider as big as a dragon."
- Toddler Zora Neale Hurston took her first steps when a wild hog entered her house and started...

From the author who brought young readers Kid Athletes, Kid Presidents, Kid Artists, and Kid Authors comes Kid Scientists, a lively look into the childhoods of the world's most brilliant scientists.