We got game! : 35 female athletes who changed the world / by Aileen Weintraub ; illustrations by Sarah Green.
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.
- Copyright: ©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. |
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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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Main | j796.09252 W4335w (Text) | 31307024832505 | Children's Non Fiction | Checked out | 07/05/2025 |
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West Leonard | j796.09252 W4335w (Text) | 31307024832422 | Children's Non Fiction | Checked out | 07/24/2025 |
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We Got Game! : 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
A Mighty Girl's Best Book of the Year! Inspire kids to be their best selves and get involved in social change with this stunning anthology about thirty-five amazing women in sports around the world and throughout history. Do you play sports? Maybe you dream about scoring a goal on the soccer field or hitting a home run in baseball. Perhaps you're thinking about trying a new sport, but you're still not sure. In We Got Game! you'll meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. Some of these athletes have retired. Others are still competing. But they have one thing in common: they all got game! 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. These female athletes prove that girls can do anything! 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 Mohammad * Danica Patrick * Megan Rapinoe * Mary Lou Retton * Manon Rhéaume * Ronda Rousey * Wilma Rudolph * Junko Tabei * Dara Torres * Elana Myers Taylor * Marianne Vos * Abby Wambach * Maria Toorpakai Wazir * Jen Welter * Serena Williams * Kristi Yamaguchi