Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation

An encouraging collection of biographies detailing the amazing lives of celebrities. Who grew up without their dads, and overcame adversity. Fully colored with over 70 editorial photos. Can you really make it without a father figure? Keeya McSwain challenges that notion in Fatherless to Famous, her debut novel. Keeya McSwain details what life was like being raised in a fatherless family, and how that experience can altered the lives of the children. Join McSwain as she tells their unique stories, and be inspired as she documents that success can be possible even without a strong paternal...

Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the...

Before Pedro Martinez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramon was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He'd dream of the day he and his brother could play together in the...

Monica Brown and Rudy Gutierrez team up to deliver what Kirkus called, in a starred review, an "inspiring blend of art and story," about the most famous soccer star in the world, Pele. This bilingual picture book will inspire, teach, and amaze readers as they learn about the man who revolutionized the sport of soccer.

Do you know how a poor boy from Brazil who loved futbol more than anything else became the biggest soccer star the world has ever known? This is the true story of Pele, King of Soccer, the first man in the history of the sport to score a thousand goals and...

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Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Olympic gold medalist and the father of modern surfing. Duke gained international fame for participating in four Olympics and won five medals in total. Fans began calling Duke "the human fish." Wherever he went, Duke would demonstrate his surfing skills and in 1915, Duke introduced board surfing to Australia. Ten years later, he found another use for a surfboard--as a lifesaving device--using it...

Against all odds, "the kid from Akron" not only makes it to the NBA but becomes a basketball legend who now helps others who are struggling like he and his mother once were.

Children's/Kids Picture Book Biography K-6

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Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science.

Women for the win

A richly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. The athletes featured include well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known champions like Toni Stone, the first woman to...

Fully illustrated children book of the story of the undersized kid who overcome all the challenges to become one of the best soccer players in history.

Beautiful graphic for hours of entertainment.

Learn the life of Lionel Messi, and be inspired to be like him someday.

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Printed on thick white paper preventing bleed. Perfect way to color your favorite basketball player Stephen Curry.

Awesome illustrations that help your children (and you ) learn about the life of Stephen Curry in an easy and fun way: COLORING.

Learn the moral story to be successful like Stephen Curry while have fun coloring

Hours of entertainment for your children (and yourself).

Enjoy the journey of Stephen Curry.

Be inspired by Stephen Curry and be like him someday.

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Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats. He's also a dedicated husband, father, and philanthropist who inspires people on and off the court. Learn more about this remarkable athlete in this biography, complete with stats and photographs.

Beautifully written and warmly illustrated, this previously untold story of an unsung sports hero is an inspiration and a gift to anyone with a desire to make an impossible...

Printed on thick white paper preventing bleed. Perfect way to color your favorite basketball player LeBron James.

Awesome illustrations that help your children (and you ) learn about the life of LeBron James in an easy and fun way: COLORING.

Learn the moral story to be successful like LeBron James while have fun coloring
Hours of entertainment for your children (and yourself).
Enjoy the journey of LeBron James.
Be inspired by LeBron James and be like him someday.

Get this coloring book now and enjoy...