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Cover
Title Page
Part One
It’s Not Easy Being a Kid
J. K. Rowling, Kid Authors
Peyton Manning, Kid Athletes
Charles Schulz, Kid Artists
Part Two
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Pablo Picasso, Kid Artists
Muhammad Ali, Kid Athletes
Ulysses S. Grant, Kid Presidents
Part Three
Family matters
Jeff Kinney, Kid Authors
John F. Kennedy, Kid Presidents
Gabby Douglas, Kid Athletes
Fun Facts
About the Author and Illustrator

Part

One
It’s Not Easy Being a Kid

J. K.
Rowling
S
he created the amazing character Harry Potter, but her time in school was anything but magical. J. K. Rowling had to fend off a bully, defy the low expectations of her teachers, and overcome her own shyness on the way to becoming one of the world’s most famous authors.
One summer day in
1990, a 24-year-old aspiring writer named Joanne Rowling found herself stuck for four hours on a train bound for London. As she gazed out the window, an idea for a new character popped into her head. He was a boy wizard, and though she didn’t yet have a name for him, she knew just what he looked like and exactly what kind of enchanted school he would attend.
Sometimes the best ideas come in a flash, like magic. It took six years for Jo—who now called herself J. K. Rowling—to write the first Harry Potter adventure. When the book was finally published, it made the author an overnight sensation.
J. K. Rowling’s life also began with a rail trip, in a manner of speaking. Her parents met on a train traveling north from England to Scotland in the winter of 1964. It was love at first sight, and they were married the following spring. Jo was born on the last day of July in 1965.
Jo’s father, Peter Rowling, managed an aircraft factory. Her mother, Ann, worked in a laboratory. They began reading to their daughter when she was very young. One of Jo’s first memories is of her father reading to her from The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame. Jo had measles at the time, but even as an adult she still remembers the characters from the book: Mole, Mr. Badger, Ratty, Toad of Toad Hall, and all the others.
When Jo was almost two years old, her mother gave birth to another baby, a girl named Dianne. To keep Jo occupied while her sister was being born, Jo’s father gave her a ball of Play-Doh. Even years later, Jo still has a vivid memory of “eating the Play-Doh” while her sister was being delivered.
During their childhood, Jo and Di were constant companions. They loved to play games together, especially involving make-beli ............

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