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Wilma Rudolph Cover Image Book

Wilma Rudolph / written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Amelia Flower.

Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), (author.). Flower, Amelia, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"When Wilma was a little girl she contracted polio and her doctors said she would never walk again. But with persistent treatment, she recovered her strength by the age of 12 and went on to display a remarkable talent for sprinting at school. Wilma was in college when she went to the 1960 Olympics, where she not only won gold medals in sprint events, but also broke world records with her sprinting skill. She had beaten polio to become an Olympic champion"-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1786037513
  • ISBN: 9781786037510
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Mankato, Minnesota : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019.

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General Note:
"First published in Spain in 2019 under the title Pequeña & Grande Wilma Rudolph by Alba Editorial, Barcelona"--Colophon.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.9 0.5 511946.

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