Mary Lou Retton by Lyle Lopez
A book for young readers, Mary Lou Retton: America's Sweetheart tells the inspirational life story of the most celebrated gymnast in United States history. Discover how a young girl from West Virginia achieved her dream of winning gymnastics' all-around title at the 1984 Olympics. Includes beautiful illustrations, anecdotes from her personal life and career highlights.Christine Dzidrums graduated from California State University, Fullerton, with a bachelor's degree in theater arts. Joannie Rochette: Canadian Ice Princess, Yuna Kim: Ice Queen, Shawn Johnson: Gymnastics' Golden Girl, Nastia Liukin: Ballerina of Gymnastics, Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph, and The Fab Five: the 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team were among the bios she previously published. Women's Gymnastics Team is a group of women that compete in gymnastics. Cutters Don't Cry, her first novel, earned a Moonbeam Children's Book Award in the Young Adult Fiction category in 2010. She also published Fair Youth for tweens and Timmy and the Baseball Birthday Party and Timmy Adopts a Female Puppy for beginning readers.
Christine is also the author of Princess Dessabelle Makes a Friend, a picture book. Kaylee: The 'What If?' was her second novel, which she recently completed.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781938438387 |
| ISBN 10 | 1938438388 |
| Title | Mary Lou Retton |
| Author | Christine Dzidrums |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Creative Media Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-02-24 |
| Number of pages | 52 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |