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NFL Stars Peyton and Eli Manning Sign with Scholastic

By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 3/31/2009 1:47:00 PM

(From l.) Eli, Peyton and Archie Manning. 
Photo: Bill Frakes, Getty Images.

NFL superstar quarterbacks, brothers, and Super Bowl MVPs Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, along with their father, legendary quarterback Archie Manning, have signed with Scholastic to publish a picture book in September 2009. Additionally, the Mannings will serve as the first-ever Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare Ambassadors of Reading this year.

The book, Family Huddle, is about the Manning brothers and their family; it will be illustrated by Jim Madsen. “My brother, my

Interior art from Family Huddle.

dad, and I are very excited to be working with Scholastic, and to be able to put so many books into the hands of young readers across America who might not otherwise have that opportunity,” said Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

The Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program is designed to turn kids, especially boys, into readers, through book donations across the country. Participating classrooms each read 100 books and, in turn, Scholastic Book Clubs donates books on the class’s behalf—up to a total of one million books—in the Manning family name to children in need.

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