Matt Collins

Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.

2) Basketball belles: how two teams and one scrappy player put women's hoops on the map

Author

Macy, Sue

Pub. Date

[2011]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.

3) The great cake bake

Author

Ketteman, Helen

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

When her town hosts a Fourth of July cake competition, Donna Rae tries to bake the best cake ever, but with every patriotic confection she makes, something goes wrong.

4) A picture book of Daniel Boone

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2013.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

Recounts the life of Daniel Boone, most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky, and shows how he became a symbol of America's pioneering spirit.

5) Out in left field

Author

Lemna, Don

Pub. Date

2012.

Physical Desc

217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

Eleven-year-old Donald thinks nothing could be worse than missing a pop fly in a baseball game that most of his Montana town was watching, but through the end of 1947 and beginning of 1948, he suffers one humiliation after another.

6) A picture book of Harry Houdini

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2009]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

The story of how Harry Houdini astounded audiences around the globe as he freed himself from ropes, handcuffs, and prison cells.

7) Roller derby rivals

Author

Macy, Sue

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Tune in now for the thrills and spills of Roller Derby live in New York City, 1948, as Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn and Gerry Murray show their high-speed, hard hitting rivalry on the roller derby track at the dawn of the television era.

8) A picture book of Alexander Hamilton

Author

Series

Women who broke the rules

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm

Language

English

9) Women who broke the rules: Sacajawea

Author

Krull, Kathleen

Series

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

"Sacajawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history. She traveled over four thousand miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Two hundred years later, we still can see how her unique journey demonstrated the strength and value of women"--

10) A picture book of Sam Houston

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2012]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description