3 on a Theme: Venus & Serena Williams

Today's #3onatheme (+1) honors the Williams sisters, Wimbledon, and women in sports!

Game Changers by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome is my FAVORITE picture book biography of Venus and Serena. The writing! The illustrations! Game, set, match!

Epic Athletes: Serena Williams by Dan Wetzel. This new biography series is great for upper elementary (and even middle school) readers. Alex Morgan and Steph Curry round out the first three books in the series, with Lionel Messi, Lebron James, and Tom Brady coming this fall.

Sisters and Champions by Howard Bryant and Floyd Cooper is another good picture book biography on the sisters. Again, the illustrations!

(+1) Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports by Gregory Zuckerman. Including a profile on Serena Williams, this collected biography will be popular with any sports enthusiast from middle school on up.

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Top 10 Tuesday: Can’t Get Enough World Cup

If you're already missing World Cup action, build your stack this week with great soccer books for kids, tweens, and teens... including some US National Team stars (past and present)! #playlikeagirl

Top Row: Forward (Young Readers Edition) by Abby Wambauch. Grades 7-10

Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports by Gregory Zuckerman (featuring a profile on Carli Lloyd). Grades 6-12

Breakaway by Alex Morgan. Grades 7-10

Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan by Dan Wetzel. Grades 4-6

Middle Row: Kabul Girls Soccer Club (also published as However Tall the Mountain) by Awista Ayub. Grades 6-12

Outcasts United (Young Readers Edition) by Warren St. John. Grades 6-12

Women in Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky. Grades 4-8

Bottom Row: The Field by Baptiste Paul. Grades K-3

Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm. Grades K-3

Beautiful Broken Hearts by Kami Garcia. Grades 8-12

Shutout by Brendan Halpin. Grades 7-10

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March Madness and More: March Webinar is LIVE!

Looking for the Best Books to add to your classroom, library, or even your personal #TBR list? The March Webinars are live! Filled with great new books celebrating "Girl Power" in honor of Women's History Month, and some sports books to get you in the March Madness mood.

This month there are two webinars to choose from: Kindergarten - 6th Grade and 6th - 12th Grades.

If you are have a "Teacher/Librarian" subscription to the website, you have free access to the full-length videos. Click here, choose the "Subscriber Webinar" page, and login.

If you are not yet a subscriber, you can view the sample webinars...see below! (If you like what you see, consider subscribing to get access to full-length, new webinars every month!)

Happy Reading!

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