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¡Chicas con agallas!

El camino a romper barreras y quebrar récords

By: Debbie Gonzales / Illustrated by: Rebecca Gibbon

¡Ahora en español! ¡No corren! ¡No precalientan ni se esfuerzan! Y jamás transpiran. Las chicas no pueden practicar deportes. Al menos eso es lo que creían los hombres.

¡Chicas con agallas! es una celebración a la fortaleza, la resistencia y el espíritu atlético de las mujeres y niñas a través de los tiempos. Brinda ejemplos de mujeres atletas desde fines de los 1800 hasta 1970, y nos enseña de qué manera las mujeres no aceptaron un no como respuesta y cómo lucharon por una ley que protege los derechos a practicar deportes, competir y ser atletas.

A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes.

“I find that this book tells the story of courageous and remarkable women that has brought the opportunities for today’s girls in a positive and fun way even though the fight has not always been easy. But this book captures history in way where the first thought is strength and will of these remarkable ladies.

It is also a good book to remind that it is not that long ago that we were in a very different situation still. A good reminder that even though there are still things and attitudes to change, women’s sport has come a long way to the point we had in Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games for the first time ever, 50/50 female and male athletes competing!”
—Emma Terho, a multiple-time Olympic and Women’s World Championship bronze medalist

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Author & Illustrator

Debbie Gonzales, author

Debbie Gonzales is an educator, curriculum consultant, former school administrator, and adjunct professor. She’s the author of six books for New Zealand publisher Giltedge. She earned an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Michigan

Rebecca Gibbon, illustrator

Rebecca Gibbon is an acclaimed illustrator whose credits include Players in Pigtails and Elizabeth Leads the Way. She paints in watercolor ink and colored pencil. Rebecca lives in the UK. 

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Editorial Reviews

School Library Journal

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. VERDICT This nonfiction picture book has a place in every collection. This would also make a great curricular tie-in.

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Gonzales describes the days when girls were discouraged from participating in sports, then introduces women who challenged society’s narrow expectations regarding girls’ athletics. After early nods to women excluded from the ancient and early modern Olympics, the text introduces a series of American women in sports, such as Gertrude Ederle swimming the English Channel in 1926 and Althea Gibson winning the French Open tennis tournament in 1956. Meanwhile, women marched for equal rights and congresswomen worked for new laws, culminating in Title IX, which created a more level playing field for girls and women in school sports. While the historical section of the text might challenge primary-grade children at times, a very accessible illustrated page opens and closes the book with these encouraging words, “Look at you … springing, / kicking, / dribbling / and pitching it down the pike. / Girl, you are amazing!” Created with acrylic, ink, and color pencils, the stylized artwork defines each historical period and maintains a buoyant tone throughout the book. A colorful, historical introduction to American women in sports.

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Details

English Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-58089-747-1

English Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-62354-710-3

Spanish Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-62354-702-8

E-book
ISBN: 978-1-63289-567-7 EPUB

ISBN: 978-1-63289-568-4 PDF

Ages: 6-9
Page count: 32
11 x 8 ¹/₂

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