Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Howard Bryant and Floyd Cooper
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 1,185
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199853, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- African American women tennis players--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Williams, Venus, 1980---Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Racket Sports
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation
- Williams, Serena, 1981---Juvenile literature
- Tennis players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Racket Sports
- African American women tennis players
- Williams, Venus
- Williams, Serena
- Biographies
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- United States
- Picture books
- Tennis players
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Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Complete Video Reading narrated by Robin Benham
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Selection, 2019
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