NBA all-star Amar'e Stoudemire to pen middle-grade series 'STAT ...

Amar'e Stoudemire is known as the quickest big man in the NBA. Next year, the New York Knicks superstar will add another distinction to his resume: author. Children's NFL shop jerseys book publisher Scholastic announced Thursday it will release a series of middle-grade chapter books written by the NBA all-star. Titled after the 29-year-old player's nickname, "STAT: Standing Tall and Talented," the series is based on Stoudemire's young life growing up with his older brother, landscaper NFL jerseys supply dad and a mom who was in and out of jail. "Home Court," the first in the series, will be published Aug. 1, 2012, and chronicles 11-year-old Stoudemire as he embraces basketball and is called upon to defend his team mates from bullying.  RELATED: 50 Cent to publish anti-bullying book Study links teenage bullying to social status -- Susan Carpenter Photo: NBA Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire at NFL jerseys cheap the 2011 ESPY Awards in L.A. Credit: Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images