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K-3Pebble Plus: Famous Athletes series.
These books for beginning readers profile four professional male athletes. Large color photographs provide glimpses into each player's youth (e.g., little Stephen Curry sitting on his NBA dad's lap during a game) and current careers (e.g., Aaron Rodgers and family after the 2011 Super Bowl), but the biographical information is minimal. A timeline runs along the bottom of the pages. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Pebble Plus: Famous Athletes titles: Aaron Rodgers, Mike Trout, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Stephen Curry.