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On the Court with...Stephen Curry
Discover the amazing achievements of fan favorite two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography.
Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats. He's also a dedicated husband, father, and philanthropist who inspires people on and off the court. Learn more about this remarkable athlete in this biography, complete with stats and photographs.
Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats. He's also a dedicated husband, father, and philanthropist who inspires people on and off the court. Learn more about this remarkable athlete in this biography, complete with stats and photographs.
128 pages, Paperback
Published May 30, 2017
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About the author
Matt Christopher
426 books141 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 11, 2017
On the Court with Stephen Curry
Matt Christopher
11/30/17
On the Court with Stephen Curry by Matt Christopher is a sports biography about Stephen Curry’s life from when he was born to present day about his career in basketball and how he became basketball superstar. This book starts out with explaining his childhood years in basketball, then progresses to his high school years, then his college basketball at Davidson College, and finally being drafted by the Golden State Warriors 7th overall in 2009. It says that Curry was deemed to tall enough to play in the NBA by many NBA scouts but this book talks about how he overcame that adversity and was drafted to the NBA because he had miraculous shooting ability.
This biography shows the adversity Steph Curry had to overcome to become an NBA basketball player. I liked how the author really described his life in basketball at a personal level. I give him kudos for doing a lot of research on Steph Curry and incorporating it into this book to make this an enjoyable and informative book to read. I liked how on pages 100-103, the author included all his career stats from Davidson College, his stats to the present day in the NBA, his stats from all the playoff games he has played in, and all of the awards he has earned at Davidson College, and in the NBA. What I did not like was they did not talk about how his father, who was once on the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA, helped coach him and shape him into a NBA superstar. Overall, I rate this book a four out of five stars.
Matt Christopher
11/30/17
On the Court with Stephen Curry by Matt Christopher is a sports biography about Stephen Curry’s life from when he was born to present day about his career in basketball and how he became basketball superstar. This book starts out with explaining his childhood years in basketball, then progresses to his high school years, then his college basketball at Davidson College, and finally being drafted by the Golden State Warriors 7th overall in 2009. It says that Curry was deemed to tall enough to play in the NBA by many NBA scouts but this book talks about how he overcame that adversity and was drafted to the NBA because he had miraculous shooting ability.
This biography shows the adversity Steph Curry had to overcome to become an NBA basketball player. I liked how the author really described his life in basketball at a personal level. I give him kudos for doing a lot of research on Steph Curry and incorporating it into this book to make this an enjoyable and informative book to read. I liked how on pages 100-103, the author included all his career stats from Davidson College, his stats to the present day in the NBA, his stats from all the playoff games he has played in, and all of the awards he has earned at Davidson College, and in the NBA. What I did not like was they did not talk about how his father, who was once on the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA, helped coach him and shape him into a NBA superstar. Overall, I rate this book a four out of five stars.
June 23, 2021
I didn't know a lot about Stephen Curry. Like him going to Davison college. And his father also played in the NBA.
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November 13, 2019
It was a really good book about his life story. If you're a fan or like basketball I would recommend this.
July 6, 2023
I love Step Curry. What a fun quick read.
November 2, 2023
This story is worthy of a 4/5 star book.
The story tells you an easy read of his career from the day he was drafted in 2003-to-his emotions when he won the 2016 NBA Finals down 3-1 to the overpowered Golden State Warrior Team!!
It talks about how he feels after winning all of his accolades and awards such as:
- 3 FMVPs
- 3 Championship
- 7 East Championships
- 4 MVP's
The story tells you an easy read of his career from the day he was drafted in 2003-to-his emotions when he won the 2016 NBA Finals down 3-1 to the overpowered Golden State Warrior Team!!
It talks about how he feels after winning all of his accolades and awards such as:
- 3 FMVPs
- 3 Championship
- 7 East Championships
- 4 MVP's
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2020
This book was exceptional! This book was so mesmerizing from the moment I started reading it. This book is about the story of Stephen Curry's life. You do not need to be a basketball fan to read this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys nonfiction books and novels.
February 21, 2019
Very inspirational for young readers. Very quick read...read it in about two hours or less..
March 29, 2019
not finished
March 23, 2024
this god damn book is the worst it has NUDITY WARNING and its sooooooo boring
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October 14, 2020
I really liked the way this author wrote about Stephen curry but he didn't describe his personal life how I wanted to read about it.
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