Lights, camera, action! Bradley Cooper is one of the world's most famous movie actors. He has played a tough soldier, a demanding chef, a country music star, and even a cranky alien raccoon. This exciting book takes you behind the scenes to discover the real life of this legendary actor.

Whether he's firing passes or scoring touchdowns, Patrick Mahomes is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. In 2020, he led the Kansas City Chiefs to an epic Super Bowl victory. But Mahomes grew up playing baseball, not football. Learn how Mahomes followed his dreams and became a star quarterback.

Airplanes have come a long way since the first flight in 1903. They fly farther and faster than ever before. They also dump tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every day, burning up fossil fuels and polluting the planet. Airlines and other companies are teaming up to find a solution. Innovative new designs for electric airplanes could change the way people travel within the next few years. Someday you might hop on an airplane for a short trip...

Goooaaalll! As a pro soccer player, Carli Lloyd has scored more than 100 goals, captured two Olympic gold medals, and won two World Cup titles. She dives for plays and blasts balls into nets. Find out what it took for Lloyd to become one of the world's top soccer players.

Long ago, sneakers were only worn by athletes. Today, everyone wears them-from Olympic athletes lacing up high-tech, feather-light shoes to kids learning to tie their shoelaces for the first time. Sneakers help people play sports, feel comfortable, and show their style. Nike sells 25 pairs of sneakers every second-more than any other company in world!

In 1924, Adi and Rudolf Dassler started a shoe company in their mother's laundry room. They would one day divide that company into Adidas and Puma. Today, Adidas sells millions of sneakers a year. The company's three-stripe logo is world famous. People of all ages wear Adidas sneakers for sports and style.

In the 1900s, many dairies, bakeries, and stores used electric delivery trucks. Trucks with gas engines which could go faster and haul heavier loads replaced them. Most of today's trucks-from pickup trucks to tractor-trailers-run on diesel, made from fossil fuels. Trucks, and other forms of transportation, are using up fossil fuels fast. Fossil fuels may be gone by 2050. Trucks also cause air pollution that harms people and the planet. Electric trucks...

People have been experimenting with drones for more than 150 years. During the U.S. Civil War, they tested hot air balloons loaded with explosives on timing devices. These early drones were dangerously unreliable and uncontrollable. Spies in hot air balloons proved the importance of aerial surveillance but also the risk. Technology soon caught up and made flying and spying using unmanned aircraft possible. Today, drones do more than ever before. Electric...

Even before Ben Simmons played his first NBA game, people were comparing him to some of the game's greatest players-from Shaquille O'Neal to LeBron James. Ben has been smashing basketball records and racking up awards since he was young, growing up in Australia. In 2016, his childhood dream came true when the Philadelphia 76ers picked him first in the NBA draft. But it isn't just Ben's size, speed, and strength on the basketball court that makes him...

Electric cars have been around since the 1880s. New York City had more than 600 electric taxicabs in 1907. Henry Ford's wife drove an electric car rather than her husband's popular Model T. By the 1920s, electric cars died out. People preferred cars with gas engines because they went faster and farther. When gas is burned for fuel, it causes air pollution. Air pollution is causing problems for the planet and for people. Electric cars are making a...