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Adler, David A.

America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

32 pp. | Harcourt/Gulliver | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201969-3 $$16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Terry Widener. Adler's engaging narration smoothly incorporates important episodes in Ederle's life (e.g., the 1924 Olympics and her record-breaking English Channel swim), some background against which to view them, and enough amplification to make them memorable. Widener's painterly acrylics depict a sturdy heroine alone in her quests yet cheered by thousands in her victories. An afterword adds background.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2000