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Wade, Mary Dodson

Amazing Olympic Athlete Wilma Rudolph

24 pp. | Enslow/Elementary | August, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-0-7660-3282-8 $21.26
(4) K-3 Amazing Americans series. The easy-to-read text of this sketchy biography touches on a few important moments in the life of one of America's most decorated female athletes. Rudolph's Olympic accomplishments are noted, as well as her personal triumph in overcoming the effects of childhood polio. Photographs of Rudolph as a young girl and later as an Olympian appear opposite the text in most spreads. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

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