Charles R Smith
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"One hundred years ago, one of the most popular spectator sports was bicycle racing, and the man to beat was Marshall "Major" Taylor, who set records in his teens and won his first world championship by age twenty. The first African American world champion in cycling and the second Black athlete to win a world championship in any sport, Major Taylor faced down challenge after challenge, not least the grueling Six-Day Race, a test of speed, strength,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1330L
Language
English
Description
"In 1934, Chicago was the setting for one of the most fascinating ballgames in history: the second annual East-West Games. Come step back in time to see the best of the best Negro League players take each other on in this All-Star Game. This exhilaratingplay-by-play is a tour de force: a complete imagining of the radio broadcast of that thrilling game. You'll meet the legendary players, step into the stands with the fans, and even hear the radio commercials!...
8) I am America
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Lexile measure
290L
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and photographs of children underscore the diversity which is America.
12) Soccer queens
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Poems celebrating some of the greatest talent in soccer today, who just all happen to be women.