Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything Contributor(s): Dublin, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1896764827 ISBN-13: 9781896764825 Publisher: Second Story Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Bobbie Rosenfeld May Be Canada's all-round greatest athlete of the twentieth century. A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 1904 in Russia and came to Canada when she was less than a month old. As a young girl she excelled in track and field, ice hockey, tennis, basketball and softball. At the 1928 Summer Olympics, she won gold and silver medals. But Bobbie Rosenfeld's popularity was due to more than her athletic ability or, later, her skills as a sportswriter. She was loved as much as anything for her strength of character--her decency, honesty and sense of fair play. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Canada - General |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.44" W x 9.14" (0.85 lbs) 148 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 85473 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sportswriters agree that Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's greatest female athlete of the twentieth century. But her popularity was due to more than athletic brilliance; she was admired for her honesty and sense of fair play. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dublin, Anne: - Anne Dublin is a former teacher-librarian and award-winning author living in Toronto, Ontario. Her writing has won many honors and awards, including the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Award, and the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Feminist Read for Youth designation. |