Goodnight, Pickleball

A young girl helps cheer on her dad's pickleball team while learning all about America's fastest growing sport in this delightful bedtime picture book for picklers of all ages!

Grab your paddles, balls, and a bunch of friends--it's time to play pickleball! Goodnight, Pickleball celebrates this trending sport, capturing the excitement of the game through the eyes of a young girl who is cheering on her dad's team on the pickleball court. After the game, the girl says goodnight to all the picklers and the gear before getting tucked into bed with a brand new surprise treat. The book will include a glossary of pickleball terms for any beginning enthusiast! This is a great introduction to pickleball for the younger generation and a wonderful read aloud especially at bedtime for adults who want to share their love of this sport with children in their life.

Author: Chuck Sambuchino
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Published: 08/05/2025
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.14h x 9.33w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9798894141039
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2025 pg. 78
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2025 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Chuck Sambuchino is the author of 20+ books, including the Guide to Literary Agents (250,000 copies sold of all editions), and the humor book How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack (Ten Speed Press), which sold 100,000+ copies and was optioned by Sony Pictures. He is a professional editor and the founder of Writing Day Workshops, which plans writers' conferences all over the country as well as online. Chuck is involved in the Ohio pickleball scene. He lives in Cincinnati with his 10-year-old daughter, who got her first pickleball paddle last year.

Mike Deas is an illustrator of children's books and graphic novels. Mike's love for illustrative storytelling comes from an early love of reading and drawing while growing up on the west coast of Canada on Salt Spring Island. Capilano College's Commercial Animation Program in Vancouver helped Mike fine-tune his drawing skills and imagination. Work as a concept artist, texture artist, and art lead in the video game industry took Mike to England and California. Mike lives with his family on sunny Salt Spring Island.