Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
By Ann Malaspina
Illustrators
Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Edition
By Ann Malaspina
Hardcover edition
Publisher Albert Whitman Imprint Albert Whitman ISBN9780807580356
Awards and Honors Booklist Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2012; 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project, Early Readers Nonfiction; IRA Children’s Choices, Young Readers, 2013; NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2013, BiographyTouch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
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Though her papa said, “Bare feet shouldn’t fly,” and there was nowhere in town for black kids to practice track, Alice jumped her way to the 1948 Olympics. Author’s note. Bibliography. Black-and-white photographs. Full-color oil illustrations.
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