Description Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their identical twin sons (when the boys are home from college)..
Christopher Eliopoulos began his illustration career at Marvel Comics, and has worked on thousands of comics, including Cosmic Commandos, Monster Mayhem, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Pet Avengers, and Cow Boy, all of which he wrote and illustrated.
He lives in Florida with his wife and their three children.
He is also the host of the History Channel television shows Brad Meltzer\'s Decoded and Brad Meltzer\'s Lost History (in which he helped find the missing 9/11 flag).
About the author Brad Meltzer is the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes for My Son, Heroes for My Daughter, and a number of suspense novels like The Escape Artist.
This volume features Billie Jean King, the world champion tennis player who fought successfully for women\'s rights.
At the back are an excellent timeline and photos.
Each book tells the story of one of America\'s icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers and that always includes the hero\'s childhood influences.
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves.
Read about this amazing woman athlete in the seventeenth picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes.
Description Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time
