By My Brother's Side

by Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber

Book Overview

Based on the childhood of National Football League superstars Ronde and Tiki Barber, this inspiring picture book about the values of family, hard work, and determination shows what it takes to be a champion.

Tiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they loved sports, especially football...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689865597
• ISBN13: 9780689865596
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Great book for children!!!!

My grandson loved this book! He has a younger brother and it was nice to see him read it to him.

Highly Recommended

If this book were any sweeter it would cause cavities. I bought this book for my 7 year old and I think I like it more than he does. Tiki and Ronde demonstrate how they work together off the football field when Tiki injures his leg one summer. Their brotherly bond helps Tiki to wait out his injury and eventually make it back to the playing field better than ever. Football is a side note to the themes of patience, endurance, doing the right thing (Homework!), and overcoming what seem to be insurmountable odds. I hope they write more books like this one.

By My Brother's Side

By My Brother's Side is about two boys that love sports but their favorite is football. Their names are Ronde and Tiki Barber. WHen Tiki was little he fell down a dirt hill on his bike and cut his knee open and the doctor said he may never be able to play sports again. Now Tiki Barber is on the New York Giants (number 21) and his brother Ronde Barber is on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (number 20). They now are professional football players.

An Inspiration to All

Three boys on bikes. One steep hillside. And one dare - a dangerous dare, as a young Tiki Barber finds out. "It's a serious injury. I'm not sure he will ever play again," claims the doctor. Tiki is determined to prove him wrong. I liked this book because it illustrates several virtues, like PATIENCE. During one looooooong hot summer, Tiki must watch his twin brother Ronde play ball while he waits for his leg to heal. And PERSEVERANCE. The twins, born premature, overcome their smaller stature to make the basketball team. This book is filled with motivational sayings, like "Believe in yourself and others will, too." And "We have to keep working at it." Now Ronde plays for Tampa Bay and Tiki for the NY Giants, so they no longer play "side by side." But they still "Play Proud!" as their mama told them to do. Similar to the Michael Jordan book Salt in His Shoes, this book will be inspiring to parents or children, boys or girls, athletes or spectators alike.

Stick together and never give up!

By My Brother Side is a wonderful story of the twin NFL superstars Ronde and Tiki Barber. The book tells a story of their childhood that illustrates the tight bond between the twins, their love for each other, sports and their determination to never give up even after a biking accident puts Tiki in a cast. This is a very inspiring book of values, and hard work. I especially like their mothers emphasis on "homework first", and her other encouraging words "you can do anything you put your mind to".