Houghton Mifflin Soar to Success: Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman (Paperback)

from achatela

Wilma Unlimited is a story by Wilma Rudolph. She was someone who wasn't suppose to live a long life. One day she grew ill and the doctor said she had scarlet fever and had also been stricken with polo. Most people who get polo either die or they never walk again. But this wasn't true for Wilma wi...

from nbmars

Wilma Rudolph, born in 1940, got polio just before she turned five, and doctors did not expect her to walk ever again. She was determined to overcome her handicap, and worked incessantly at leg exercises. By age 20, she was representing the U.S. in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, where, despite a twis...

from Sclarke23

Wilma Rudolph was an energetic young girl with nineteen brothers and sisters in clarksville, Tennesse. She would jump and run from a veery young age. she didn't let the fact that she had polio put her down.She set her mind that she will run one day even though her left leg is paralyzed but she di...

from mrcmyoung

Excellent. This is the first I've heard of Wilma Rudolph, who overcame poverty, segregation and polio to become a record breaking Olympic medalist. Wilma shows us that we may be born with limits, but we don't have to accept them. Gorgeous illustrations over black and white photography. I loved tw...

from DayehSensei

This is one of the most inspiring stories I've ever read- and it's all true! This is a great book to read to students during Black History month, during a biography study, during a women's history study, or just anytime. Although there is a generous amount of text, it flows very well- like a stor...