Laurie Hernandez (Influential People)

Product Description

Laurie Hernandez won big in gymnastics at the 2016 Olympics. Read about the hard work and training that helped make her an Olympic champion!

Review

Full-color photographs are interspersed with playful, doodlelike illustrations, and trivia blurbs are featured on each page. Notably, suggested activities are featured in each book. This versatile biography set is a fine choice for middle grade readers.– “School Library Journal, Series Made Simple”

The series benefits from a diverse, contemporary set of subjects who will spark reader interest. . . .Though the volumes are short, each one packs in extensive biographical information. . . . .This series, directed toward middle graders, is an excellent choice for biographical research.– “School Library Journal”

About the Author

Golriz Golkar is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books for children. Inspired by her work as an elementary school teacher, she loves to write the kinds of books that students are excited to read. Golriz holds a B.A. in American literature and culture from UCLA and an Ed.M. in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She loves to travel and study languages. Golriz lives in France with her husband and young daughter, Ariane. She thinks children are the very best teachers, and she loves learning from her daughter every day.