Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest WomanBefore Wilma Rudolph was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single olympiad. This dramatic and inspiring true story is illustrated in bold watercolor and acrylic paintings by Caldecott Medal

Before Wilma Rudolph was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run--all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single olympiad. This dramatic and inspiring true story is illustrated in bold watercolor and acrylic paintings by Caldecott Medal-winning artist David Diaz.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 02/01/2000
ISBN: 9780152020989
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.30h x 10.80w x 0.20d
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/21/2000 pg. 89
Booklist 03/01/2001 pg. 1280

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 13757 / Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5