(3) YA Football Superstars series. These biographies recount, through vivid photographs and an engaging narrative style, each star's football journey. Readers will discover what life is like for the players both on and off the field. Quotes from coaches, friends, and family appear in each book, and community service, family matters, close friendships, and personal setbacks are all covered. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Football Superstars titles: Tiki Barber, Barry Sanders, John Elway, Ben Roethlisberger, Jerry Rice, and Joe Montana.

Reviewer: Nancy Hull

(4) 4-6 Sports Stars with Heart series. Adulatory biographies of popular contemporary athletes focus mostly on their impressive careers. Their childhoods are also highlighted, as are their philanthropic works and any struggles with adversity. Each volume is filled with action photographs and play-by-play details (though the Timberwolves' assertion, "We're not going to trade Kevin Garnett" proved false). Appended material includes career stats and achievements. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Sports Stars with Heart titles: Steve Nash, Albert Pujols, Tiki Barber, Andruw Jones, Donovan McNabb, and Kevin Garnett.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Barry Root. This third book about perseverance and teamwork by twin NFL players focuses on young Tiki's struggles with ball carrying. Tiki's improved skill, honed by extra practice time with Ronde, is on full display during a winning play against their archrivals. The golden tones of the watercolor and gouache paintings nicely reflect football season, but their composition is stiff.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Barry Root. NFL stars (and twins) Tiki and Ronde relate an incident from their childhood. The sports-minded brothers had always been inseparable, so when Tiki seriously injures his knee in a bike accident, Ronde encourages him through his recuperation and his return to football in September. The story rambles, but the pictures are saturated with hues as sunny as the story's sentiments.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute