SHORTLISTED 2025

Children's Sports Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Lottie the Little Wonder

by Katherine Woodfine, Illustrated by Ella Okstad

“Girls can’t play tennis as well as boys? What a lot of NONSENSE!” Lottie Dod is DETERMINED to show that girls can be just as good at sports as boys. She runs and jumps and leaps after the ball – playing tennis makes Lottie feel WONDERFUL. After beating her brothers, she eventually goes on to reach the finals of the most important tennis competition of them all – WIMBLEDON! Can she continue her winning streak to become the world’s first female sports SUPERSTAR? NEVER underestimate what girls can do!

 

Lottie the Little Wonder by Katherine Woodfine, Illustrated by Ella Okstad
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