Billie Jean!
  • Published: 20 August 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525517795
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00

Billie Jean!

How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women's Sports

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A fun and inspiring picture book biography of tennis legend and women's rights activist Billie Jean King.

A fun and inspiring picture book biography of tennis legend and women's rights activist Billie Jean King.

From award-winning author Mara Rockliff and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Elizabeth Baddeley comes this extraordinary picture book about one little girl who loved sports and grew up to be one of the greatest and best-known tennis players of all time.

Anything Billie Jean did, she did it ALL THE WAY. When she ran, she ran fast. When she played, she played hard. As a top women's tennis player, Billie Jean fought for fairness in women's sports, and when she faced off against Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, the most famous tennis match in history, she showed the world that men and women--and boys and girls--are equal on and off the court.
  • Published: 20 August 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525517795
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00
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Praise for Billie Jean!

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"This ingenious book celebrates--and explains to children clearly--the basic principles of the scientific method, while also doubling as a peek into the astounding life of Benjamin Franklin." --The New York Times

"The story zips along thanks to Mara Rockliff's lively, dramatic writing that holds even young readers in its thrall." --The Boston Globe

Praise for I Dissent, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley:

* "This lively, inviting, and informative biography of a historic woman will empower young ones to bravely voice their opinions. --Booklist, starred review