Mary Lou Retton by Lyle Lopez

Mary Lou Retton by Lyle Lopez

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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.