Girls race! : amazing tales of women in sports

Format:

Book

Title:

Girls race! : amazing tales of women in sports

Author:

Allen, Kathy.

ISBN:

9781476502335

9781476535630

Publication:

North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2014]

Physical Description:

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Series title(s):

Savvy (Capstone Press).

Contents:

Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Ann Trason -- Cheryl Miller -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Lisa Leslie -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Billie Jean King -- Martina Navratilova -- Kathrine Switzer -- Grete Waitz -- Paula Radcliffe -- Sonja Henie -- Amy Palmiero-Winters -- Eri Yodshida -- Julie Krone -- Janet Guthrie -- Peggy Llewellyn -- Vonetta Flowers -- Elissa Steamer -- Laila Ali -- Jacqui Frazier -- Margaret Court -- Wilma Rudolph -- Bethany Hamilton -- Jean Driscoll -- Ashley Fiolek -- Lauren Woolstencroft -- Aimee Mullins -- Patsy Mink -- Edith Green -- Louise Stokes Fraser -- Althea Gibson -- Dominique Dawes -- Olga Korbut -- Bonnie Blair -- Natalie Coughlin -- Jennie Finch -- Benita Fitzgerald Mosley -- Lindsey Vonn -- Tracy Caulkins -- Nadia Comaneci -- Mary Lou Retton -- Kelly Clark -- Florence Griffith-Joyner -- Misty May-Traenor -- Kerri Walsh-Jennings -- Mia Hamm -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Anna Pavlova -- Isadora Duncan -- Martha Graham -- Michelle Wie -- Annika Sorenstam -- Peggy Fleming -- Katarina Witt -- Dorothy Hamill -- Michelle Kwan -- Timeline -- Index.

Summary:

"Through narrative stories, explores female athletes who have made major contributions to sports and culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject(s):

Women athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women athletes -- Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Holds:

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Summary

Never before have so many awesome women been celebrated in one book. The female athletes featured in this book are the best of the best. Their victories thrill us. Their power amazes us. Their talent awes us. And their stories inspire us all.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-8-These books are eye-catching, engaging, and chock-full of information. With snapshot profiles of numerous inspiring and accomplished women in the fields of sports, politics, music, etc., there's a lot offered in terms of diversity of subjects. However, a lack of a table of contents plunges readers into a frenetic format: each section features a different woman, and there is no discernible order, though, the index helps a little with searching. Sporadically, a spread will focus on a subject (e.g., "Olympic Greats") and only present a text box's worth of information on individual women. The tone of the profiles themselves is also inconsistent. Some are delivered in third-person accounts, but others take a more gimmicky approach with Q & A-style interviews or first-person narratives. Not all of the profiles have time lines. The quick pace sacrifices content, but makes for interesting browsing. Numerous photographs of varying quality dominate the pages. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.