From: Sandra Neil Wallace <sandraneilwallace_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:40:42 -0400

I agree with Maggie Bokelman.Yes, there are too few nonfiction books on women athletes. It can also be difficult to convince publishers to commit to stories on lesser-known women athletes, but it’s worth taking that challenge on. We also live in a book culture where if more than one book is written on the same female athlete, it’s considered “already been done”, yet picture books on Babe Ruth come out annually & are celebrated. I think in our zeal to champion books for boys, we lose sight of the ones that are about women athletes, too.

Sandra Neil Wallace Author of *Babe Conquers The World* (Calkins Creek 2014)
*Muckers* (Knopf 2013)
*Little Joe* (Knopf 2010) BABE CONQUERS THE WORLD (Calkins Creek 2014)

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Received on Wed 25 Jun 2014 08:41:07 PM CDT