Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

Kathleen Krull

ISBN 10: 0152012672 / ISBN 13: 9780152012670

Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, 1996

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8vo oblong Unpaginated.

Seller Inventory # 312392

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152012672
• ISBN 13: 9780152012670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Diaz, David
• Condition: very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's

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Synopsis

A young reader's introduction to champion athlete Wilma Rudolph follows her development of polio at age four, an illness that doctors said would prevent her from ever walking, her schooltime achievements, and her gold-medal successes at the 1960 Olympic Games.

About the Authors

Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young people, including Lives of the Explorers, Lives of the Musicians, and all other books in this popular series illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. She is also the author of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, as well as The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) and Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), both co-written with Paul Brewer and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her website at www.kathleenkrull.com.

 

 

David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. An illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years, he is also a painter and an accomplished ceramic artist. Mr. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California.