Storybook · From the Block Storybooks, Book 5
From the Block: Back to the Finish Line
Our People, Our Story
Ages 4 to 8
Black sports legends, and a girl looking for the sport that's hers.
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Malik ran his race. Now it's Zuri's turn, but which sport is hers? As she tries tennis, swimming, skating and gymnastics, Grandma Pearl and the family tell the stories of African American champions from Wilma Rudolph and Muhammad Ali to Flo-Jo, the Williams sisters and Simone Biles. Then field day comes, and Zuri finds the thing she loves most.
The sequel to From the Block to the Finish Line, and a gift for girls who love to move.
What's inside
- A complete story for ages 4 to 8, told across 15 full-color two-page pictures
- Wilma Rudolph, Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, Wendell Scott, Arthur Ashe and Flo-Jo
- Today's champions, from the Williams sisters and Simone Biles to Simone Manuel
- A story about trying new things, falling down and finding your team
- Fact pages with sources at the back for parents and teachers
A peek inside
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More in this series
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Holidays
An African American family story about Christmas, Kwanzaa and Watch Night.
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Lab
African American inventors, doctors and scientists, discovered one room at a time.
Coming soonFrom the Block: Return to the Lab
The African American inventors who came next, and the ones still inventing today.
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Finish Line
Black sports pioneers, and a brother who learns to get back up.