Caitlin Clark's Children's Book Debuts Atop New York Times Best Sellers List
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Caitlin Clark's Children's Book Debuts Atop New York Times Best Sellers List

A2ElementaryNovember 13, 202633 min
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WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has added another milestone to her impressive career by writing a No. 1 New York Times best-selling children's book titled EXTRAordinary! A Little EXTRA to Reach BIG Dreams. Inspired by a childhood mirror in her bedroom, the 32-page rhyming picture book encourages young readers to pursue their goals through extra effort, self-belief, and community support. The project features personal Easter eggs referencing meaningful jersey numbers from her life and career while promoting values like kindness and family over pure athletic glory. Published by Random House and illustrated by Adriana Predoi, the book quickly dominated bestseller lists alongside...

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So just yesterday, November 11th, a 24 year old athlete basically defeated Dr. Seuss.

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Right. And completely took over the bedtime routines of, you know, hundreds of thousands

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So just yesterday, November 11th, a 24 year old athlete basically defeated Dr. Seuss. Yeah, outsold massive legacy publishing empires. Right. And completely took over the bedtime routines of, you know, hundreds of thousands of toddlers. And she did it by writing a book that barely even mentions the sport

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she currently dominates. It's wild. It really forces us to just completely reevaluate the architecture of cultural influence because I mean, we're used to seeing athletic dominance quantified in a very binary way.

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Right. Exactly. Like points scored or records broken. Contract extensions, all that.

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