She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game

by Chelsea Clinton illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
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She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game
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Get to know women who have excelled in the sports they love because they never gave up! The third book in the She Persisted series.
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She Persisted in Sports is a book for everyone who has ever aimed for a goal and been told it wasn’t theirs to hit, for everyone who has ever raced for a finish line that seemed all too far away, and for everyone who has ever felt small or unimportant while out on the field.

Profiles include: Margaret Ives Abbott, Gertrude Ederle, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, Wilma Rudolph, Jean Driscoll, Mia Hamm (and the 1996 Olympic soccer team), Kristi Yamaguchi, Venus and Serena Williams, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, Diana Taurasi, Simone Biles, Ibtihaj Muhammad, and Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux.
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Product Details

    • Grades: PreK - 2
    • Ages: 4 - 8
  • Product Type: Book
  • Page Count: 32 pages
  • Dimensions: 9" x 11"
  • Language: English
  • ISBN 13: 978-0-593-11454-4