A 2019 ILA Teacher’s Choices Reading List Selection!
An inspiring
picture book sports biography about two of the greatest female tennis
players of all-time! Venus and Serena Williams: Best friends.
Sisters. Champions.
Everyone knows the
names Venus & Serena Williams. They’ve become synonymous with
championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This
inspirational true story, written by award-winning sports journalist,
Howard Bryant, and brought to beautiful life by Coretta Scott Kind
Award and Honor winner, Floyd Cooper, details the sisters’ journey
from a barely-there tennis court in Compton, CA, to Olympic gold
medals and becoming the #1 ranked women in the sport of tennis. Here
is a worthy ode to Venus and Serena Williams, the incredible sister
duo who will go down in history as two of the greatest athletes of
all time.
“Alive with warmth
and movement, these luminous, soft-edged scenes portray the sisters
gradually growing into strong, capable women. A handsome sports
biography.” —Booklist
“There is a sharp
focus in the book on the two sisters’ special bond and friendship;
it lies at the heart of this biography, a