From: Christine Hill <chill>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:25:20 -0500

I do not get many sports requests from girls, with the exception of gymnastics and black history month assignments such as, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffiths-Joyner. I did get some circulation out of an old softball series called the Pink Parrots.

I don't think girls understand or appreciate women sports heroines of the past either. My own two athletic daughters are incredulous that the only organized sport available in my girlhood was softball, and only for 7th and 8th graders. Before we close, I'd like to mention an offbeat sports novel that I and my older daughter liked, Escape by Deluge by Edel Wignell. In this intriguing mix of sports and the supernatural, a swimmer is pursued by a mythical (or is it?) Australian water monst er, the Bunyip.

Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro, NJ 08046

Kathleen Horning wrote:

o make about sports books. This is also the time when we invite the CCBC-Net community to make announcements related to children's and young adult literature. scussions will be posted on CCBC-Net as soon as we hear them on Monday morning, and we'll be discussing the winning titles beginning next week when we'll talk about the Caldecott Medal winner and honor books. We hope you'll enjoy participating in the dis cussion.
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