Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was one of history’s greatest athletes as an All-American basketball player, an Olympic gold medallist in track and field, and a championship golfer who won eighty-two amateur and professional tournaments. She was elected Woman Athlete of the Year six times, and in 1950 was named Woman Athlete of the Half Century. This insightful and well-researched biography from a Newbery medallist brings to life the woman who changed the perception of female athletes forever. AGES: 10 to 14 AUTHOR: Russell Freedman has received nearly every children’s literature award, including the Newbery Medal, several Newbery Honors, and the Sibert Medal, as well as a National Humanities Medal and the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award. He lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books. Illustrated