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Author Malaspina, Ann, 1957-

Title Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper / by Ann Malaspina ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 COACHMAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB COACHMAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO COACHMAN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  JB COACHMAN M    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  JB COACHMAN MAL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B COACHMAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO COACHMAN, ALICE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 796.42 COACHMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  JJ-B COACHMAN, ALICE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J B-COACHMAN MAL    Check Shelf

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. Includes bibliographical references.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.6 0.5 150216.
Subject Coachman, Alice -- Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Jumping -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature.
Coachman, Alice.
Track and field athletes -- United States.
African American women athletes -- United States.
Jumping -- United States.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)
Added Author Velasquez, Eric, illustrator.
ISBN 9780807580356 hardback
080758035X hardback
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