This interesting book about athletes didn't stick to the major sports, but includes swimmer/surfer Duke Kahanamoku, swimmer Gertrude Ederle, golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias, track & field star Jesse Owens, mountain climber Sir Edmund Hillary, and several football, baseball and hockey stars. If you enjoy sports - and especially if you enjoy learning unusual bits of information about people's lives - you will love this book.The illustrations are a bit goofy, the stories are wild at times, and there are little notes about athleticism at the end of each chapter. You don't just learn about their lives on the court or on the field, but the reader is given lots of other information about each athlete, which often includes their favorite food, the games they played as children, and how they handled being famous (and sometimes rich).
Who knows? When you read this book you might even find out which athlete liked to make rude digestive noises in public. Now, isn't that worth reading about?
i love the cover of the book it seams so goofy and silly.
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And you can learn more about the athletes life.
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