The Quickest Kid in Clarksville Cover:Hardcover But no one is happier

But no one is happier about the club’s guest than Ellie

stunning illustrations

utterly transporting story describing the gentle power of precious transmitted memory and the wistfulness of immigrants

A Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor winner pair up for a rousing picture book biography-in-verse of legendary African American cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor and the Six-Day Race

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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville Cover:Hardcover But no one is happierIt's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the