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WILMA UNLIMITED:
How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull
Just before her fifth birthday, Wilma Rudolph contracted polio and was never expected to walk again. But with dedicated perseverance she was out of her leg brace by age 12, eventually running to represent the United States in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. One of 22 children, and a black woman in the mid-20th century, Wilma struggled to find her place in the world, ultimately sprinting past social and physical obstacles that could have prevented her from reaching Gold.
GRADES: K – 8
TOURS: January – April 2011
THEMES: overcoming obstacles, tolerance, prejudice, women in sports, the Olympic Games
EVENTS: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Black History Month, Read Aloud Month
Booking Details:
Each performance runs between 25 and 45 minutes and can be performed in venues as small as a classroom or as large as an auditorium. In conjunction with each performance, Book-It offers workshops for children and young adults to reinforce what they have seen. Students can use voice, body, and imagination to create characters and explore environments, or develop a play in the Book-It Style™ from their own story. These workshops allow young people to make the leap between seeing art and creating it.
WORKSHOP CHOICES
Themes in Motion Students enter the world of the story using voice, body, and imagination to explore themes, characters, and events. (Grades K-2, 30-45 min)
Adapt It! Stage It! Students analyze a selection of text, adapt it in the Book-It Style, and stage it for an informal performance. (Grades 3-12, one hour, 35 students max.)
COST
Touring Story $575, includes performance, book, study guide, and workshop.
Additional Workshops: $125 each. Additional travel fees apply.
To book Wilma Unlimited for your school or community center call 206.770.0880 or email education@book-it.org. Click for more information about Book-It All Over.
Illustration from WILMA UNLIMITED: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz. Illustrations Copyright 1996 by David Diaz. Used by permission of Harcourt Children's Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.
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