America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

Author

David A Adler

Illustrator

Terry Widener

Publication Date

June 01, 2005

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

Paperback

Description

Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement.

Trudy Ederle loved to swim, and she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. But what she planned to do next had never been done by a woman: She would swim across the English Channel in fourteen hours and set a world record.

Publication date

June 01, 2005

Genre

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9780152052515

Lexile Measure

800

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Clarion Books

BISAC categories

JNF007100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
JNF054150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports

Library of Congress categories

United States
Women
Swimmers
Ederle, Gertrude
Women swimmers

Publishers Weekly

Text and art offer a compelling, in-depth account of the adult Ederle's crossing of the English Channel. Kids will dive right in.

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review

The two-page spread showing Ederle eating a chicken leg while crossing the channel will make kids smile, and the picture of her triumphant emergence from the water captures both the effort and the energy that went into the extraordinary swim.

David A Adler

DAVID ADLER has written more than a hundred books, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man and Mama Played Baseball. He lives on Long Island, New York.

TERRY WIDENER's work has been featured in Esquire, Harper's, Sports Illustrated, and on the cover of Time. He's also illustrated several books for children, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. He lives in McKinney, Texas.

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