Books with author Glenn Stout

Praise for Good Sports:“Never patronizing, [Stout] captures both grit and glory.” —Kirkus ReviewsMany of the baseball greats overcame huge challenges to be sports heroes—here are five inspiring stories of men who did just that. Baseball is considered America’s pastime, but not all players grew up living the American dream. Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre sure didn’t. Poverty, abuse, and addiction are a few of the issues they had to deal with as kids, but they turned their lives around to play the game they loved.

Praise for Good Sports:“Never patronizing, [Stout] captures both grit and glory.” —Kirkus ReviewsMany of the baseball greats overcame huge challenges to be sports heroes—here are five inspiring stories of men who did just that. Baseball is considered America’s pastime, but not all players grew up living the American dream. Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre sure didn’t. Poverty, abuse, and addiction are a few of the issues they had to deal with as kids, but they turned their lives around to play the game they loved.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A tribute to the sacrifices and acts of bravery by professional athletes who served in the military traces the stories of such figures as Boston Red Sox outfielder and WWII pilot Ted Williams, Pittsburgh Steelers running back and Vietnam War veteran Rocky Bleier, and Arizona Cardinals defensive back Pat Tillman, who lost his life in Afghanistan.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Able To Play shares the inspiring stories of four baseball players. Mordecai ""Three Fingers"" Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride faced physical challenges other players didn't have. With determination and guts, they didn't just overcome; they excelled. This book is a game-changing celebration of overcoming odds.

Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.

Not very long ago, many people said girls and women were too weak and delicate to play sports. Fortunately, a lot of girls didn't listen. Trude Ederle, Louise Stokes, Tidye Pickett, Julie Krone and Danica Patrick sure didn't. Trude Ederle swam the English Channel, Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett made it into the Olympics running track, Julie Krone became jockey, and Danica Patrick decided to drive Indie cars. Yes, She Can! tells the inspiring stories of these pioneers in sports. Thanks to them, everyone knows now that girls can do anything they want. Perfect for young athletes, ages 9-12.

This is a creative combination of fairy tales with an amusing variation to the plot. Little Red Riding Hood asks the big bad wolf to help her answer the question, “Does a falling tree make a sound if no one is there to hear it?” The wolf tries to help her figure this out with an experiment that requires blowing down a tree. However, the two of them can’t conduct the experiment alone, so they engage the assistance of three little pigs that they find living in a nearby home in the woods. This is a fun story for young readers to enjoy a different way of seeing things.