This was a great story to learn more about the famous olympic gymnast Simone Biles. I learned about her background and where she grew up and how she got started into gymnastics. This is a great book to have in your classroom for any student that is interested in learning more about gymnastics and Simone Biles. It is important to have a genre of different books in your classrooms and books based on different topics.
pickThis book was a great story of the one and only gymnast Simone Biles and her life story. I think this story was great, and really gave me more detail and facts behind who Simone Biles was and how she got started into her career.
pickThe story of Gertrude Ederle (Trudy) the first woman to swim the English Channel. A natural born swimmer, She loved the water. She was one of the first women to compete in the Olympics. She was certain she could swim across the Channel. With her second try she did it! Trudy suffered from loss of hearing in one ear and had lots of ear infections. She was shy and didn‘t like the limelight. The first chapters were slow, the rest were great. 4/5
I just started reading this. I hope it will be as good as its reviews. The prologue and first couple of chapters didn‘t grab my attention. I‘m finding it more interesting with each new chapter.
This is a reread for me and an excellent palate cleanser after T.C. Boyle‘s Outside Looking In. I have a friend who lives out of state and we started “ buddy reads” about a year ago. This was her choice for Labor Day. I read this book when it was first published. It is just as good the second time around.
The recent Olympics & this Netflix series we are watching inspired my son to buy this book for us. In its chapters the author attempts to write about people & events “through the eyes of those who were part of the mighty drama, both locals and foreigners.” I am fascinated! #Olympics #Paris #Paris1944 #historymajorsinthehouse
Isn‘t it nice to know we‘re all gold medalists? 🥇😄
