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A Kids Book about Equality by Billie Jean King
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: A\Kids Book Ser.
Teach your child that our differences make us unique and are to be celebrated.Gender inequality is something that happens in lots of ways, every day. But it doesn't have to! This book helps kids to notice when things are unfair, ask why, and do something about it. Equality is worth standing up for becau ...Show more
All In: The Autobiography of Billie Jean King by Billie Jean King
Category: Sports and Hobbies
An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals -- let alone athletes -- of recent timesIn this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career -- six years ...Show more
All In: The Autobiography of Billie Jean King by Billie Jean King
Category: Sports and Hobbies
An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals--let alone athletes--of recent times. Journeying from a blue-collar childhood to shatter tennis's exclusive country-club culture, Billie Jean King paved the way for a more open, inclusive, a ...Show more
Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody by Althea Gibson; Billie Jean King (Foreword by)
Category: Biography
The intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the colour barrier in tennis and achieving the pinnacle of the sport by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and becoming an inspi ...Show more
Strong Like a Woman - 100 Game-Changing Female Athletes by Laken Litman; Stephen Cannella (Introduction by); Billie Jean King (Foreword by); Sports Illustrated (Contribution by)
Category: Sport
Marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, this is an inspiring celebration of 100 women who are still paving the way for future generations of female athletes. This important and groundbreaking volume chronicles both the breadth and rich diversity of sports and the athletes who compete in them: from the ...Show more
The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 by Charles Schulz; Billie Jean King (Introduction by)
Category: Gift
This volume features a number of tennis strips and several extended sequences involving Peppermint Patty's friend Marcie (including a riotous, rarely seen sequence in which Marcie's costume-making and hairstyling skills utterly spoil a skating competition for PP), so it seems only right that this volume ...Show more
Trailblazers - The Unmatched Story of Women's Tennis by Billie Jean King; Cynthia Starr
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Legendary tennis player Billie Jean King details the remarkable history of women's tennis in this stunning edition of Trailblazers: The Unmatched Story of Women's Tennis.In celebration of the Women's Tennis Association's 50th anniversary, this updated and expanded edition--based on the 1988 original We ...Show more
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