Before They Let Us Play Vol. 5 — She Played Too: Black Women Who Changed the Game (Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition)

She played too. Young readers meet Toni Stone, who played second base in the Negro leagues; Ora Washington, a champion in two sports; Althea Gibson, whose first big tennis title came in France in 1956; Wilma Rudolph, who wore a leg brace as a child and then won three gold medals; and Venus, Serena, and Simone. Every story is told only from what can be documented, and every chapter ends with one short Receipt a child can repeat.

Inside the Interactive Edition: the complete kid-friendly book — all 6 chapters, same topics, people, and facts as the standard edition, rebuilt for young readers and reading aloud; recorded narration by Marcus — 21.79 minutes; picture-led chapter openings; a chronological timeline; a 10-question educator quiz drawn strictly from the text; every chapter ends with a Receipt and a "Where we learned this" source note. For educators: a TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Before They Let Us Play Educator materials — the sheet notes both editions.

The chapters:

Toni Stone and the Women of the Negro Leagues

Ora Washington — Champion in Two Sports, Remembered in Neither

Althea Gibson — First Across Tennis and Golf's Lines

Wilma Rudolph — From Polio Brace to Three Golds

Wyomia Tyus, Debi Thomas, and the Winter Door

Venus, Serena, and Simone — Owning the Era

Before They Let Us Play is a companion series to Left Out of the History Books, from The Digital Black Voice. They built their own game. Then they took the whole game. Edition and price: Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition $11.99 (this listing) · EPUB $7.99 (separate listing) · Free Sample, Chapter 1 (separate listing).