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LocationOakland
Call NoE BIOGRAPHY ROBINSON
TitleUnbeatable Betty : the first female Olympic track & field gold medalist / by Allison Crotzer Kimmel ; illustrated by Joanie Stone.
AuthorKimmel, Allison Crotzer, author.
Barcode47660111112476
CollectionE Biography
Summary"A picture-book biography of Betty Robinson, who "at only sixteen years old ... became the first female gold medalist in track and field in the 1928 Olympics and an overnight sensation. She was set for gold again and had her eyes on the 1932 Olympics. Her plans changed forever when a horrible plane crash left her in a wheelchair, with one leg shorter than the other. But Betty didn't let that stop her. In less than five years, she relearned how to stand, to walk, and finally to run again and try to taste gold once more in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin"--Publisher marketing." -- (Source of summary not specified)

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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780062896070 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0062896075 (hardcover)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 796.42092 B 23/eng/20220829
Personal Name Kimmel, Allison Crotzer, author.
Title Statement Unbeatable Betty : the first female Olympic track & field gold medalist / by Allison Crotzer Kimmel ; illustrated by Joanie Stone.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice ©2020
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; hardcover 24 x 27 cm
Content Type still image sti rdacontent
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, Etc. "A picture-book biography of Betty Robinson, who "at only sixteen years old ... became the first female gold medalist in track and field in the 1928 Olympics and an overnight sensation. She was set for gold again and had her eyes on the 1932 Olympics. Her plans changed forever when a horrible plane crash left her in a wheelchair, with one leg shorter than the other. But Betty didn't let that stop her. In less than five years, she relearned how to stand, to walk, and finally to run again and try to taste gold once more in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin"--Publisher marketing." -- (Source of summary not specified)
Target Audience Note Ages 4-8.
Subject-Personal Name Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999 Juvenile literature.
Subject-Personal Name Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999. fast (OCoLC)fst01986725
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Runners (Sports) fast (OCoLC)fst01101341
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Runners (Sports) United States Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women athletes Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Perseverance (Ethics) fast (OCoLC)fst01058370
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Perseverance (Ethics) Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation. bisacsh
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Olympics. fast (OCoLC)fst01045581
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women. bisacsh
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Olympic athletes United States Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women runners United States Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Olympics Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Track & Field. bisacsh
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women athletes. fast (OCoLC)fst01177178
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Olympic athletes. fast (OCoLC)fst01765098
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women runners. fast (OCoLC)fst01178481
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637
Index Term-Genre/Form Literature. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026415
Index Term-Genre/Form Picture books. fast (OCoLC)fst01726789
Index Term-Genre/Form Picture books. lcgft
Added Entry, Personal Name Stone, Joanie, illustrator.