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Find your seat and get ready to cheer as short, engaging text matched with oversized images lead young readers into the story of Aaron Rodgers. They will learn about where he got his start, some of his most notable moments in the NFL, and how he gives back to the community and people who support him. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Star athletes are not made overnight. They work hard to develop their game and persevere to get to the top. Few exemplify this combination of skill and determination as Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers quarterback. From underdog to starter to Super Bowl and League MVP, this biography takes readers along Rodgers' journey from all-around high school athlete, through college success, to becoming arguably the greatest quarterback in the game today. Action-packed images and testimony about Rodgers from coaches and others close to him further illuminate the story of the one of the most uniquely talented NFL players.

Aaron Rodgers is a Super Bowl champion and an NFL legend. But some wondered if he would ever make it to that level. Raised in a family of athletes, Rodgers loved sports and was a talented quarterback. After receiving no offers from top colleges to play football, he played a year with his local college. Then everything changed. In 2005, Rodgers began his pro football career with the Green Bay Packers. Explore his life on and off the field.

Kids know Aaron Rodgers as one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks. He has won two NFL MVP Awards and led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl title. He has orchestrated several “miracle” finishes, and he’s the highest-rated passer in NFL history. In this book, kids will get to know Rodgers on a personal level. They’ll see how he rose from a little-known QB at Butte Community College to a passing machine in Green Bay. Off the field, Rodgers impresses with his compassion, intelligence, and side-splitting humor. Engaging text—peppered with quotes—and high-impact photos accentuate the experience.

Offers young readers the best foundations for nonfiction reading and learning

Offers young readers the best foundations for nonfiction reading and learning

Offers young readers the best foundations for nonfiction reading and learning

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Aaron Rodgers is the star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, and he has the stats to prove it. He reached 300 touchdown passes faster than any other quarterback in NFL history. Even though he spent the first few years of his NFL career on the bench, he led his team to victory in Super Bowl XLV and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award—all by the age of 27. He may have cemented his status as a sports megastar, but his goal is to go back the Super Bowl a few more times. Read about Rodgers's football career, how he stays fit, and more.

In celebration of the National Football League’s 100th season, noted football historian Chris Willis brings to life the story of Red Grange, the nation’s first NFL star, in this definitive biography. Harold “Red” Grange became a national sensation as a junior halfback at the University of Illinois in the 1920s. He quickly joined other great athletes of the Roaring Twenties such as Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, and Babe Ruth in enthralling audiences on the radio and in newspapers on a daily basis. A year later the "Galloping Ghost" stunned the country by dropping out of school after his last collegiate game and going pro with the six year old NFL, signing with the Chicago Bears. In Red Grange: The Life and Legacy of the NFL’s First Superstar, Chris Willis tells the remarkable story of a humble football player who rose to fame in the 1920s and became an icon. With unlimited access and complete cooperation of the Grange family, Willis offers new insight into Grange’s rags-to-riches story, including details about his tomboy mother who died when Grange was six years old and never-before-published information on Grange’s barnstorming tour with the Chicago Bears that instantly gave credibility to the fledgling NFL. With over fifty original interviews, personal letters to and from Grange, and more than forty photos, this definitive biography reveals in intimate detail the life of a sports pioneer. Whether as a player, coach, broadcaster, pitchman, Hall of Famer, ambassador, or icon, Red Grange was, and still is, the face of the early NFL and one of the greatest athletes of all-time.