¡Chicas con agallas!: El camino a romper barreras y quebrar récords

Gr 1-4–This Spanish-language translation of Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records traces the history of women’s sports from the 1800s through to the 1970s, when the women’s rights movement, fight for Title IX equal rights for competitors, and landmark court case in New Jersey that allowed girls to play in Little League Baseball turned the tide. Specific key female figures in sports history are depicted. Some of these pioneers include Senda Bernsen Abbot, considered the mother of women’s basketball; Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel; and Althea Gibson, who was the first person of color to get a grand slam in tennis. There is also a reference to sports in Ancient Greece and the Heraean Games—women’s footraces dedicated to the goddess Hera. The straightforward translation will be accessible to young readers. Gibbon’s full-color, fanciful illustrations complement each page’s focus. This nonfiction work includes a timeline of groundbreaking women in sports history, an author’s note about the expression “play like a girl,” and a detailed bibliography, including further reading.