From: kellymilnerh_at_aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:54:40 -0400 (EDT)

SO true, Sandra. I'd love to write a book on Billie Jean King, but I know they'd say it's been done. But I'd love to write nonfiction about women athletes as a former jock myself. I'm so old my father coached a baseball team just so I could practice everyday. But I couldn't participate in the little league games. No girls allowed. When I tell modern girls about that, they are absolutely shocked. I think there is room for a lot more on atheletic women.


Kelly
 

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-----Original Message----- From: Sandra Neil Wallace <sandraneilwallace_at_gmail.com> To: ccbc-net <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu> Sent: Wed, Jun 25, 2014 6:41 pm Subject: [ccbc-net] Female Sports Biographies


I agree with Maggie Bokelman.Yes, there are too few nonfiction books onwomen athletes. It can also be difficult to convince publishers to commit to stories on lesser-knownwomen athletes, but it’s worth taking that challenge on. We also live in a bookculture where if more than one book is written on the same female athlete, it’sconsidered “already been done”, yet picture books on Babe Ruth come outannually & 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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