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    Simone Biles
    Simone Biles
    Simone Biles
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    Simone Biles

    By Mary Hertz Scarbrough

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    Book Features:
    • Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5, Guided Reading Level U, Lexile 870L
    • 32 pages, 7 inches x 9 inches
    • Simple, easy-to-read pages with full-color pictures
    • Includes sports-related vocabulary and review activities
    • Reading/teaching tips and index included

    Life Of A Champion: In Women in Sports: Simone Biles, your 3rd through 5th grade reader will learn about the dedication and determination it took Biles to become a member of the US Olympic gymnastics team and the most decorated gymnast in history.

    Inspirational: With captivating photos that bring Biles's story to life, young readers will see how she found the sport shortly after being adopted at the age of 6. And, how her persistent practice made her one of the greatest women in sports.

    Build Reading Skills: This engaging 32-page light biography will help your child improve comprehension and build confidence with guided pre- and post-reading questions, close reading prompts, in-text vocabulary definitions, and a fun review activity.

    Leveled Books: Part of the Women in Sports series, this lower reading level biography and full-color pictures make the story of this amazing female athlete easily comprehendible for kids as they follow along in this engaging story.

    Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarson-Dellosa Publishing
    Release dateAug 11, 2020
    ISBN9781731640567
    Simone Biles
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    Mary Hertz Scarbrough

    Mary Hertz Scarbrough has written more than two dozen fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. Her first book for Capstone Press, Heroes of the American Revolution, was a Junior Library Guild Selection. She practiced law for 10 years and has taught writing and constitutional law. She loves to unearth little-known facts and particularly enjoys researching and writing about history and other social studies topics. She lives in Brookings, South Dakota.

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