Dave Dravecky (Today's Heroes S., #13) (Today's heroes)
by Gregg Lewis and Deborah Shaw Lewis
Showdown in Manila: Ali and Frazier's Epic Final Fight (Greatest Sports Moments)
by Matt Doeden
Shaquille O'neal (Lerner Sports Achievers (Hardcover))
by Brad Townsend
Kobe Bryant (Superstars in the World of Basketball, #10)
by Shaina Indovino
Around the world, fans know Kobe Bryant is one of the best players in basketball. Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe has become one of the sport's biggest stars. In fact, he has joined basketball legends like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and Magic Johnson as one of the best players to ever shoot hoops. Not many players can say they've done as much for their sport as Kobe Bryant. Find out how Kobe became the superstar we know today. Discover how he came to love basketball and how his f...
Players & the Game Around the World (Superstars in the World of Basketball, #10)
by Z.B. Hill
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Fans everywhere watch both local games and games played in the NBA. Millions of people around the globe play pick-up games with friends, while professional basketball players have become celebrities who are recognized everywhere. Fans from Japan to Brazil and Canada to Kenya love players like Jeremy Lin, Shaquille O'Neal, Yao Ming, LeBron James, and many more. The NBA may play in the United States, but basketball is the world's sport, wi...
Julie Ertz (Soccer Stars) (Estrellas del Futbol (Soccer Stars))
by Benjamin Burdett
What You Never Knew About Lionel Messi (Behind the Scenes Biographies)
by Isaac Kerry
Kobe Bryant (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio)
by Katlin Sarantou
Babe Ruth, One of Baseball's Greatest (The Childhood of famous Americans)
by Guernsey Van Riper and ill. Seymour Fleishman
A biography of the well-loved baseball personality who set many records and made home runs a common part of the game.
***THE FOLLOW UP TO THE AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT***Tom Daley, Oliver Sacks, the Jamaican Bobsled team, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Carlos Acosta... all dared to be different.This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, the bestselling book that changed countless boys' lives around the world and gave them the confidence to be themselves.What have the footballer Kylian Mbappe, the philosopher Socrates...
Transcending the poverty he knew as a child, Chicago Cub Sosa gave Mark McGwire a run for his money in the struggle to break Roger Maris's single-season home run record.
Want to be a star? In this series you'll get close to all your favourite celebrities and find out how they became famous and what it took to make it to the top.