Arthur Ashe: Young Tennis Champion

by Paul Mantell, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)

Childhood of Famous Americans One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.Book PaperbackPublication 1/3/2006 224Reading Age 8 and Up

Genres: Sports, History, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Laura]

Es muyyyy inspirador

[Aloo]

When Arthur Ashe was a kid, he found his dad's tennis racquet and started to play at age 6. He watched this really good player called Ronald Charity. His mom passed away while trying to give birth. The baby died too. Arthur Ashe spent most of his time learning tennis. He alswyas focused on what his coach said. He won lots of tournaments. When he was sixteen he went to this tennis camp and that place was 100 miles away from Richmond. He did not behave well for a couple of months and then his dad came over and gave him a lecture. Then he focused again. He became a great champion. He died with this disease AIDS.

He loved tennis since when he was a young boy and so do I. I like Arthur Ashe because he was my favorite tennis player and because he broke the color code in most places. He showed lots of young players how to play the game. And he taught them how to find ways to beat opponents mentally and physically. I would like to copy his style of game. I think he's the best tennis player of all time. I don't mean only hitting the ball but outside the court and his sportsmanship.

[Rosa Cline]

4 star