Touch the sky, Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper, Ann Malaspina ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
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Label
Touch the sky, Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper, Ann Malaspina ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
photographsillustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
AD600L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Touch the sky
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Ann Malaspina ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 3.6, 0.5, 150216
Sub title
Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper
Summary
A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- African American women athletes -- Juvenile literature
- Jumping -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Track and field athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Olympic Games, London, England, 1948 -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Coachman, Alice -- Juvenile literature
Content
Illustrator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject6
- African American women athletes -- Juvenile literature
- Jumping -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Track and field athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Olympic Games, London, England, 1948 -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Coachman, Alice -- Juvenile literature
- Content1
- Illustrator1