| Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion Contributor(s): Van Riper, Guernsey, Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0020421400 ISBN-13: 9780020421405 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1986 Annotation: One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively inspiring fictionalized biographies--easily read by children of eight and up--today's youngster is swept right into history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86010792 |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.18" W x 7.64" (0.28 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 822 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Riper Jr, Guernsey: - Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children's books. |