Awesome Stories of Generosity in Sports

Count on Me: Sports Series (Book 4)

This collection of amazing true stories highlights generosity in sports. Readers will meet athletes including baseball player Roberto Clemente, who died while bringing aid to Nicaragua following a devastating earthquake. Kids will see generosity in action through the work of Mobolaji Akiode, a former college basketball player in the United States who went on to form basketball camps for girls in her home nation of Nigeria. These twenty tales will inspire young readers and show the importance of generosity.

Encourage enthusiasm for reading and inspire positive character development with these powerful stories that highlight character building in sports. The Count on Me: Sports series combines exciting sports history with real-life examples of sports and character building. Each book features twenty true stories of athletic challenge, triumph, and sometimes heartbreak—all illustrating a positive character trait. Focusing on qualities such as sportsmanship, teamwork, and courage, the books explore a wide variety of sports, with historical and contemporary episodes featuring male and female athletes from around the world. The Count on Me: Sports series demonstrates that character is best defined by the people who display it.