What Athletes Are Made Of (Hardcover)

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Description


Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a legandary sports star? Talent? Determination? Teamwork? You're right, but it takes more than that. Using everyday items like toy airplanes, Coke bottles, and pencil sharpeners, and with fun and fascinating tales of each player's life -- on and off the field -- Hanoch Piven shows us what our favorite pro-athletes of the past and present are really made of.

About the Author


Hanoch Piven is the acclaimed creator of What Presidents Are Made Of. His incisive portraits have been published in the United States in such major magazines as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Entertainment Weekly, and the New York Times. He currently lives with his wife and children in Barcelona, Spain.

Product Details ISBN-10: 1416910026
ISBN-13: 9781416910022
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 05/09/2006
Pages: 40
Language: English
Recommended Reading Level Minimum Age: 6
Maximum Age: 10
Minimum Grade Level: 1st Grade
Maximum Grade Level: 5th Grade