Recounts the childhood and youth of the great Olympic and golf champion and reveals the dedication and commitment that lay behind her unparallelled achievements

Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century (Women of Our Time)

Children's Books

Knudson, R. R.

Biographies

Puffin

Zan Hagan, whose principal opposes her un-feminine activities, leads her dance class onto the athletic field to form a girl's football team.

Zanballer

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

A biography emphasizing the childhood and youth of the women's tennis champion who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1975.

Martina Navratilova (Women of Our Time)

Babe Didrikson—record-holder, champion, athelete A biography emphasizing the early years of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes. Contains black-and-white illustrations. "Written with gusto and enthusiam.... Most welcome." —School Library Journal “A thoughtful, well-rounded, and highly readable portrait guaranteed to spark interest in Babe Didrikson and other women athletes, past and present.” —Booklist About the Women of Our Time series: International in scope, the Women of Our Time series of biographies cover a wide range of personalities in a variety fields. More than a history lesson, these books offer carefully documented life stories that will inform, inspire, and engage.

Puffin Books

Rinehart Lifts

Disappointed that her best friend is the worst athlete in the fifth grade, Zan Hagen interests Arthur Rinehart in lifting weights.

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Zanboomer

Zan Hagen separates her shoulder playing baseball and finds cross-country running a very satisfactory substitute.

Laurel-Leaf

With the coaching help of her friend Arthur Rinehart, Zan Hagen makes it to Los Angeles as an alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, where she hopes to run in her first women's marathon

Zan Hagen's Marathon

Signet

Waterpower Workout

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Huey

Exercise & Fitness

Plume

A collection of poems on sports, ranging from solo running, hunting, and fighting, to football and baseball from the spectator's point of view

American Sports Poems

SWENSON, May

Orchard Books

A biography, emphasizing the early years, of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century

Biographies & Memoirs

Viking Juvenile

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Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century (Women of Our Time)

Zanballer

Martina Navratilova (Women of Our Time)

Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century (Women of Our Time)

Rinehart Lifts

Zanboomer

Zan Hagen's Marathon

Waterpower Workout

American Sports Poems

Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century