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Drew Brees
Drew Brees grew up in a family of athletes, and overcame injuries and setbacks to become one of today's best quarterbacks. This comprehensive biography - complete with photos and fun infographics - shows how Drew Brees went from being a flag football player to Super Bowl MVP and modern legend, and is sure to appeal to legions of football fans.
153 pages, Library Binding
First published December 1, 2015
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Matt Christopher
470 books144 followersMatt Christopher is the writer young readers turn to when they're looking for fast-paced, action-packed sports novels. He is the best-selling author of more than one hundred sports books for young readers.
Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than 100 books and sales approaching six million copies. In 1992, Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author.
"I became interested in writing when I was 14, a freshman in high school. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it. I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.
Determined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, "The Missing Finger Points," for $50 to Detective Story magazine.
After writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I was living in Syracuse, New York at the time, working at General Electric. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. So I came up with my first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in 1954.
I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing. I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. All these had a great influence on my writing. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course.
Out of all the books I've written, my favorite is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real. There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer.
I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. Being the eldest of nine children (seven boys and two girls), I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books.
Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind.Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. That is just about the ultimate in writing for children. I would never trade it for another profession."
Matt Christopher died on September 27, 1997. His legacy is now being carried on by his sons, Duane and Dale Christopher.
Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than 100 books and sales approaching six million copies. In 1992, Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author.
"I became interested in writing when I was 14, a freshman in high school. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it. I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.
Determined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, "The Missing Finger Points," for $50 to Detective Story magazine.
After writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I was living in Syracuse, New York at the time, working at General Electric. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. So I came up with my first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in 1954.
I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing. I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. All these had a great influence on my writing. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course.
Out of all the books I've written, my favorite is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real. There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer.
I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. Being the eldest of nine children (seven boys and two girls), I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books.
Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind.Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. That is just about the ultimate in writing for children. I would never trade it for another profession."
Matt Christopher died on September 27, 1997. His legacy is now being carried on by his sons, Duane and Dale Christopher.
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December 17, 2019
Childrens/YA book but still awesome to read and learn the history of my favorite QB
February 21, 2018
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback. He was born on January 15, 1979 in Austin, Texas. He excelled as a quarterback at Westlake high school. He then enrolled at Purdue University to play football. He got drafted to the San Diego Chargers, and that did not go well. Later he got drafted to the New Orlean Saints.
The thing that I like about drew brees is that he never backs down. no matter what happens he always tried his best. Even if he did not start in any of the games. He is an amazing quarterback, and I respect him.
I liked this book because it was very nice and cool because I am a sports person. I can relate to Drew because Drew had to wait a while to start in any sport and the same for me in any sport so far.
This book did not remind me of another book because it is unique in its own way, because it is all about his life and I like that. It lets me know what all he went through to get to where he is now.
The thing that I like about drew brees is that he never backs down. no matter what happens he always tried his best. Even if he did not start in any of the games. He is an amazing quarterback, and I respect him.
I liked this book because it was very nice and cool because I am a sports person. I can relate to Drew because Drew had to wait a while to start in any sport and the same for me in any sport so far.
This book did not remind me of another book because it is unique in its own way, because it is all about his life and I like that. It lets me know what all he went through to get to where he is now.
March 1, 2016
imaging reading a book that was written by a casual fan using only the box scores as source material. I doubt the author picked up the phone once or asked anyone a single question. nothing is in depth. all of the information could have been pulled from a fantasy football profile of Brees from what I can tell. this is the true definition of a shit book.
to the author: I apologize for the bluntness. I recognize this is the only review ever given for this book and so it looks pretty harsh sitting here all alone. I'm sure your other books are very nice.
to the author: I apologize for the bluntness. I recognize this is the only review ever given for this book and so it looks pretty harsh sitting here all alone. I'm sure your other books are very nice.
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April 15, 2016It was overal was a good book . It is a good biography about Drew Brees. It tells about his football life.
April 25, 2017
The book I picked is called Drew Brees. This book is about football. When Drew was younger he didn't play contact football, instead he played flag football and he was really good at flag football. He grew up with a family of athletes, so he had it already in his genes. When he got older he played contact football. He wasn't really a hitter but he liked to throw the ball, so he tried out for the QB position also known as the Quarterback. He was really good at that position. When he got older he was amazing. He could throw fast balls, long balls, he would even break records. He got drafted to the San Diego Chargers and did terrible for that team somehow. Later, he went to another team called the New Orleans Saints.
I like the this book because I really love football and I like how it is written. It talked about how you can be a player that never played contact football before and break many records years later. I think it shows that if you put your heart into something you really love, then goods things can happen. I can relate to Drew Brees because he never gave up on something and he was rewarded.
This book reminded me of QB1 because of how they worked together to be really good. If you liked this book then you will like QB1. I recommend this book to people who like sports and like hope to work as a team to reach a goal. I rate it a 5/5 because I really liked this book.
I like the this book because I really love football and I like how it is written. It talked about how you can be a player that never played contact football before and break many records years later. I think it shows that if you put your heart into something you really love, then goods things can happen. I can relate to Drew Brees because he never gave up on something and he was rewarded.
This book reminded me of QB1 because of how they worked together to be really good. If you liked this book then you will like QB1. I recommend this book to people who like sports and like hope to work as a team to reach a goal. I rate it a 5/5 because I really liked this book.
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