Soldier Athletes
by Glenn Stout
Houghton Mifflin. October 2011
ISBN: 9780547417295
Yes, She Can!
By Glenn Stout
Houghton Mifflin. October 2011
ISBN: 9780547417257
Baseball Heroes
By Glenn Stout
Houghton Mifflin. December 2010
ISBN: 9780547517080
Copies of books received from the publisher.

In Yes, She Can we read about Trude Ederle, who swam across the English Channel faster than any man who went before her. Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett were the first two African American female Olympians. Julie Krone, first female jockey, Danica Patrick, first woman won a Indy car race: Japan 300 at the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. (Include in your display of sports books, Let Me Play: the story of Title IX: the law that changed the furture of girls in American by Karen Blumenthal)

The writing is good and engaging. The author neither glorifies nor talks down to his audience. I enjoyed reading the books and I have no interest in sports whatsoever!
My only complaint is the lack of photos. There is one black & white photo at the beginning of each entry. It would have been nice to have included a few more.
The slim paperbacks are geared to readers, ages 9-12. A solid purchase for all libraries.
5 stars
Oh wow, is there anything on basketball? My nine year old is a huge Celtics fan, I'm sure she'd love to read a slim paperback on that. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteThese sound like books my boys (especially) would enjoy! Thanks for the suggestions!
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