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We got game! : 35 female athletes who changed the world  Cover Image Book Book

We got game! : 35 female athletes who changed the world / by Aileen Weintraub ; illustrations by Sarah Green.

Weintraub, Aileen, 1973- (author.). Green, Sarah, (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780762497805
  • ISBN: 0762497807
  • Physical Description: ix, 117 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : RP Kids/Running Press Kids, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Simone Biles -- Gretchen Bleiler -- Hannah Cockroft -- Misty Copeland -- Diane Crump -- Sasha DiGiulian -- Gabby Douglas -- Grete Eliassen -- Marlen Esparza -- Lisa Fernandez -- Althea Gibson -- Bethany Hamilton -- Mia Hamm -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Billie Jean King -- Phaidra Knight -- Silken Laumann -- Nancy Lopez -- Tatyana McFadden -- Ibtihaj Muhammad -- Danica Patrick -- Megan Rapinoe -- Mary Lou Retton -- Manon Rhéaume -- Ronda Rousey -- Wilma Rudolph -- Junko Tabel -- Elana Meyers Taylor -- Dara Torres -- Marianne Vos -- Abby Wambach -- Maria Toorpakai Wazir -- Jen Welter -- Serena Williams -- Kristi Yamaguchi.
Summary, etc.:
Meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others.
Subject: Women athletes > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Athletes > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 4 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 4 total copies.

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We Got Game! : 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
We Got Game! : 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
by Weintraub, Aileen; Green, Sarah (Illustrator)
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Author Notes

We Got Game! : 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World

Aileen Weintraub is an award-winning author and editor. She has written more than fifty books for children and young adults for publishers including Hachette, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and Sterling. Her best-selling book, Never Too Young! 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference , won a 2018 Parents' Choice Award. She also writes about female empowerment and issues that affect women. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post , Glamour , Huff Post , AARP , and many other publications. She lives in New York with her family and her dog Monte, who keeps her company while she writes. You can find out more about her at www.aileenweintraub.com Sarah Green is an illustrator and designer from San Francisco. She graduated from RISD in 2014 and now splits her time between her hometown of San Francisco and Vancouver, Canada, with her fluffy, tiny cat by her side. She loves history, research, and nature, and probably has more plants than a person should.


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