The Girl Who Ran

By Kristina Yee and Frances Poletti, and illustrated by Susanna Chapman

Recommended on: 6th February 2022

Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to—despite staunch opposition—run the Boston Marathon.  Here’s an inspiring children’s book about the story: The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon, by Kristina Yee and Frances Poletti, and illustrated by Susanna Chapman. (We still remember the newscasters’ shock at what she’d done.) And here’s a wonderful video of children reading along with the story!

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