Author/Editor Archer, Eleanor
A book for very young readers showing how Ada, despite having asthma, can train for and win a gold medal.
KS1/2
Franklin Watts, 2000, ISBN 0749636696

Author/Editor Hook, Jason
Documents the sporting career and political stance of Muhammad Ali, showing him to be a man who stood up for what he believed was right – whether that was fighting for race equality or protesting against war.
KS3
Hodder Wayland, 2000, ISBN 0750228199

Author/Editor Nazel, Joe
An detailed biography of basketball superstar Magic Johnson, and his first year playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.
KS3
Holloway House, ISBN 0870678442

Author/Editor Adler, David
A picture book telling the life of the African American athlete Jesse Owens, his success at the 1936 Olympic games, prejudice experienced in the US and death from lung cancer in 1980. (Geared towards young readers, this book does not document the degrading and discriminatory treatment meted out to Owens by the American Athletic Union and US Olympic Committee).
KS1/2
Holiday House, 1993, ISBN 0823410668

Author/Editor Sherrow, Victoria
In the 1960s Wilma Rudolph won gold medals in track events at the Olympic games, but as a child she suffered polio and wore a leg brace. This book for young readers tells her inspiring story.
KS1/2
Carolrhoda Books, 2000, ISBN 1575054426

Author/Editor Schulman, Arlene
A detailed biography of boxing champion and African-American political hero Muhammad Ali. Includes his childhood, boxing career, involvement with the Nation of Islam and opposition to the war in Vietnam.
KS3
Lerner, 2001, ISBN 0822596938

Author/Editor Schulman, Arlene
A detailed biography of boxing champion and African-American political hero Muhammad Ali. Includes his childhood, boxing career, involvement with the Nation of Islam and opposition to the war in Vietnam.
KS3
Lerner, 2001, ISBN 0822596938

Author/Editor Rochelle, Belinda
A Grandfather explains to his granddaughter why he named her father after the boxer Joe Louis.
KS2
Houghton Muffin, 1996, ISBN 0395816572

Author/Editor Krull, Kathleen
The story of Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph for junior children, lavishly illustrated by David Diaz.
KS2
Voyager Books, 2000, ISBN 0152020985