Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull

Book Overview

Babe Ruth was the greatest slugger ever--and off the field snacked on pickled eels and chocolate ice cream. Johnny Weissmuller swam to Olympic fame--and on land practiced the Tarzan yell. "Krull hits... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152008063
• ISBN13: 9780152008062
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Lives of the Athletes

The Krull and Hewitt series of books is wonderful. I'm an adult and I find them fascinating reading. There is a great amount of information about each character in only a couple of pages. The description of each athlete is informative, interesting and witty. Hewitt's illustrations are chock full of information. I found myself turning the page to look at the illustration as I read the text because I had missed some of the details when I first looked at the pictures.

The Lives of the Athletes

This book was filled with humorous, little-known trivia andanecdotes about famous sports figures. I was especially impressedwith the wide variety of athletes that were included-Sir Edward Hillary, Bruce Lee, Gertrude Ederle, and Babe Didrickson Zaharias to name a few. As a classroom tool, this book is tops! Students in my class were entranced and could hardly wait to learn more about the other figures in this book! I highly recommend this and other Kathleen Krull books!