"Because Bobbi Gibb is a girl, she's not allowed to run on her school's track team. But after school, no one can stop her-- and she's free to run endless miles to her heart's content. She is told no yet again when she tries to enter the Boston Marathon in 1966, because the officials claim that it's a man's race and that women are just not capable of running such a long distance. So what does Bobbi do? She bravely sets out to prove the naysayers wrong and show the world just what a girl can do.
The inspiring story of the first female to run the Boston Marathon comes to life in stunningly vivid collage illustrations." - Penguin Random House (K-4)
Helpful Links:
Meet Bobbi Gibb (video at left)
Illustrator Micha Archer: How she creates her collages (video, 3 min), tour of her art studio (video, 1 min)
Activity: Six word memoir project, with focus on achievements, personality traits and text evidence (Reederama blog)
Activity: STEM-based coding activities to pair with the text
Penguin Educator Guide: Curriculum tie-ins for Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math
Read Aloud of Girl Running from Kathleen Spiro (7 mins, 20 sec, or listen to the afterword too!)