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(0)Sue Macy
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
Highlights in the history of the Winter Olympics from their inception in 1924 to today, including profiles of the Olympic athletes and information on the lesser-known winter sports. Also includes an Olympic almanac with information about each Olympiad.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 910L
Language
English
Description
Examines the career of Mary Garber, who "was a sportswriter for fifty-six years and was the first woman to receive the Associated Press Sports Editors Red Smith Award, presented for major contributions in sports journalism. And now, every year the Association of Women in Sports Media presents the Mary Garber Pioneer Award in her honor to a role model for women in sports media"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Language
English
Description
Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.
6) The book rescuer: how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written in Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Describes the achievements of women athletes in the 1920s, detailing how their defiance of social and political norms promoted women's rights, redefined femininity, and changed the course of history.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"'Play ball!' yelled the umpires as the teams of the AAGPBL took the field in the tense, war-torn days of 1943. Like all professional baseball players, these athletes scrambled to their positions, tossed balls across diamonds, and filled the air with chatter. But there was something different about them--they all wore skirts, went to charm school, and continually had to answer one 'What is a woman doing playing baseball?' What were they doing? Having...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
A detailed look at the history of the Olympic Games, from their origins in Ancient Greece, through their rebirth in nineteenth century France, to the present, highlighting the contributions of individuals to the Games' success and popularity.
