We’re thrilled to welcome children’s book author Aileen Weintraub to Rough Draft to celebrate the launch of her new book, We Got Game! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World. The book goes on sale May 4, and Aileen will be at Rough Draft on Saturday, May 8 from 11 am to 1 pm to sign copies and meet readers.
The book is available for preorder at this link. Limited copies will also be for sale the day of the event, but ordering ahead is the best way to ensure that a copy will be saved for you. (Preorders will also receive a special digital activity pack, chock full of trivia, puzzles, word games, journaling and coloring pages!)
Weather permitting, Aileen will be set up at a table outdoors. (In the event of rain, the signing will be held indoors.) Mask wearing and social distancing will be enforced during the signing and meet-and-greet.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Inspire kids to be their best selves and get involved in social change with this stunning anthology about thirty-five amazing women in sports around the world and throughout history.
Do you play sports? Maybe you dream about scoring a goal on the soccer field or hitting a home run in baseball. Perhaps you're thinking about trying a new sport, but you're still not sure.
In We Got Game! you'll meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. Some of these athletes have retired. Others are still competing. But they have one thing in common: they all got game! You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. These female athletes prove that girls can do anything!
Featured athletes include: Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah Cockroft * Misty Copeland * Diane Crump * Sasha DiGiulian * Gabby Douglas * Grete Eliassen * Marlen Esparza * Lisa Fernandez * Althea Gibson * Bethany Hamilton * Mia Hamm * Jackie Joyner-Kersee * Billie Jean King * Phaidra Knight * Silken Laumann * Nancy Lopez * Tatyana McFadden * Ibtihaj Mohammad * Danica Patrick * Megan Rapinoe * Mary Lou Retton * Manon Rhéaume * Ronda Rousey * Wilma Rudolph * Junko Tabei * Dara Torres * Elana Myers Taylor * Marianne Vos * Abby Wambach * Maria Toorpakai Wazir * Jen Welter * Serena Williams * Kristi Yamaguchi
