A sporting chance : how Ludwig Guttmann created the Paralympic Games
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/BIOGRAPHY/796.045/GUTTMANN,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies J/BIOGRAPHY/796.045/GUTTMANN,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
DESCRIPTION

114 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781328580795, 1328580792 :, 1328580792, 9781328580795
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

An ailment not to be treated -- Headstrong -- The miner -- A return to medicine -- Growing tension -- Night of Broken Glass -- Years of change -- Ludwig's incurables -- The return of hope -- A game changer -- The Stoke Mandeville Games -- Wheels in motion -- One good thing -- Going for gold -- Timeline of events

"Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this chapter book biography artfully combines archival photos, full-color illustrations, and a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives"--

Ages: 7 to 10

Grades: 4 to 6

960L

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