Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, and Future of Women's Pro Sports
Kristina Rutherford
(Author)
Description
The experience of being a professional athlete is very different for men and women. While men's pro sports command throngs of fans, media attention, and money, many of the world's top professional female athletes aren't valued or recognized equally for their talent--even though female athletes prove time and time again that they have all the skill, drama, and rivalries of their male counterparts. Level the Playing Field examines the root of these issues by taking readers through the history of women's pro sports, exploring how far we have come in a relatively short time and exposing what ground is left to gain. The book provides first-person insight through exciting interviews with professional female athletes, including Canadian hockey player Cassie Campbell, American MMA fighter Miesha Tate, and WNBA star Elena Delle Donne. Along the way, author and sports journalist Kristina Rutherford covers important topics like opportunity, female role models, and stereotypes. Drawing on examples from a wide range of sports, and complete with sidebars, photographs, sources, and an index, this is an informative and authoritative book that makes an important contribution to the movement for women's acceptance in professional sport. LEVELINGGrade Range: 3+
Fountas & Pinnell: T
Lexile: 920L COMMON CORE
W.5.1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,9b,10
SL.5.1,1a,1b,1c,2,3,4,5,6
RF.5.3,3a,4,4a,4c
RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
L.5.3,4,4a,5,6
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Owlkids
Publish Date
October 11, 2016
Pages
56
Dimensions
9.8 X 9.8 X 0.3 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781771471602
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KRISTINA RUTHERFORD is a writer for Sportsnet with experience reporting on numerous sports both nationally and globally. She lives in Toronto, ON.
Reviews
A Junior Library Guild Selection, 2016 "Wide-ranging...accessible...inspiring...sure to motivate young fans of both genders."
--Quill & Quire "Will serve to inspire young dreams... Recommended for public and school libraries."
--School Library Journal "Optimistic and informative...its empowering tone will encourage more young women to pursue careers in this expanding field of possibilities."
--Booklist "Adopts a "you can do it" tone, which is enhanced by full-page color action photographs, several interviews with sports stars, a multicolor design...and letting women speak for themselves in quotations on most pages. Young girls especially will be inspired by this volume and the bright future for women's sports it portrays."
--Kirkus Reviews
--Quill & Quire "Will serve to inspire young dreams... Recommended for public and school libraries."
--School Library Journal "Optimistic and informative...its empowering tone will encourage more young women to pursue careers in this expanding field of possibilities."
--Booklist "Adopts a "you can do it" tone, which is enhanced by full-page color action photographs, several interviews with sports stars, a multicolor design...and letting women speak for themselves in quotations on most pages. Young girls especially will be inspired by this volume and the bright future for women's sports it portrays."
--Kirkus Reviews