Girls' Tennis: Conquering the Court (Girls Got Game) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Rusch (Author), Timmons (Illustrator), Anne (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Girls Got Game

Describes tennis, the skills needed for it, and way to compete.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Rusch s Queens of the Court analogy makes an undemocratic introduction that may work for those who view tennis champions as royalty. She adds a strong argument that women dominate the sport with supporting stats for Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, and Chris Evert. The book continues with basic rules and strategies for the game and then provides tips on training and healthy diet. The goal for the reader is high school, college, and pro competition, and the overriding message is you have to want to win. Even losers are winners on the path to pro competition, and the pro players quoted emphasize a positive attitude. Their photos and short bios add interest to the straightforward information, and the easy to read type will appeal to reluctant readers. This high interest title in the Snap Books Girls Got Game series concludes with a glossary, an index, and a brief bibliography. Overall, it is a solid invitation to live a life without limits. --Childrens Literature Comprehensive Database, January 2007

About the Author

Elizabeth Rusch is a Capstone Author

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Capstone Press; 1st edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736899308
• ISBN-13: 978-0736899307
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,774,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Sports > Racket Sports

More About the Author

Elizabeth Rusch is an award-winning magazine writer and children's book author. She writes both fiction and nonfiction for children and adults in the areas of science, art, humor, child development, health, the environment, sports, outdoors, travel, and social issues -- anything that catches her fancy.

Elizabeth Rusch's first children' book, Generation Fix, was a Smithsonian magazine Notable Children's Book and a finalist for the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award and the Oregon Book Award. Will It Blow?: Become a Volcano Detective at Mount St. Helens was named a Natural History magazine best book for young readers, a Washington Reads pick, and a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. The Planet Hunter: The story behind what happened to Pluto was also finalist for the Oregon Book Award and her book A Day with No Crayons won the OBA's Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award in Children's Literature.

As an award-winning freelance writer and former managing editor of Teacher magazine, editor-in-chief of PointsBeyond.com, and contributing editor to Child and Fit Pregnancy, Rusch has published more than 100 articles in numerous national magazines for children and adults. Her publishing credits include Muse, Read, American Girl, Harper's, Mother Jones, Smithsonian, Parenting, Smithsonian, Backpacker, and Portland Monthly, among many others.

Her literary awards include the Kay Snow Literary Award, a Maggie Award, and an Oregon Literary Fellowship, among others.

She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children.

www.elizabethrusch.com