Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant

Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant

This one's a winner. --Chicago Tribune

A 2019 ILA Teacher's Choices Reading List Selection

An inspiring picture book sports biography about two of the greatest female tennis players of all-time Venus and Serena Williams: Best friends. Sisters. Champions.

Everyone knows the names Venus & Serena Williams. They've become synonymous with championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This inspirational true story, written by award-winning sports journalist, Howard Bryant, and brought to beautiful life by Coretta Scott Kind Award and Honor winner, Floyd Cooper, details the sisters' journey from a barely-there tennis court in Compton, CA, to Olympic gold medals and becoming the #1 ranked women in the sport of tennis. Here is a worthy ode to Venus and Serena Williams, the incredible sister duo who will go down in history as two of the greatest athletes of all time.

Alive with warmth and movement, these luminous, soft-edged scenes portray the sisters gradually growing into strong, capable women. A handsome sports biography. --Booklist

There is a sharp focus in the book on the two sisters' special bond and friendship; it lies at the heart of this biography, and the women's stories are remarkable. It's high time they had their own picture book tribute.--Kirkus

Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine and has served as the sports correspondent for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday since 2006. He is the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron; Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball; Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston; and the three-book Legends sports series for middle-grade readers. A two-time Casey Award winner (2003, 2011) for best baseball book of the year, Bryant was also a 2003 finalist for the Society for American Baseball Research Seymour Medal. In 2016, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award and received the 2016 Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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ISBN 13	9780399169069
ISBN 10	0399169067
Title	Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams
Author	Howard Bryant
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2018-05-29
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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