Run Like a Girl – Danielle Brown
Monday 27th January 2025
Overview: An online story-telling session and live Q&A with Paralympic two-time gold medallist and author Danielle Brown
Where: Online
When: Monday 27th January, 10:00 – 11:00
Aimed at: 7-12 year-olds
About the book…
All over the world, there are female athletes breaking barriers, pushing limits and achieving amazing things, but where did their journeys begin? And what challenges did they have to overcome to get where they are today? The award-winning Run Like a Girl is a collection of 50 fascinating biographies of highly successful sportswomen, from football superstar Mary Earps to record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur and fearless skateboarder Sky Brown. As well as giving an insight into their influences, motivations and achievements, each story reminds us that failing can teach us just as much as winning; success isn’t limited to the sports field; and ‘running like a girl’ can lead you all the way to the top.
About the Author
Danielle’s story is all about breaking barriers.
After becoming disabled as a teenager with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, she
realised that when life gets tough we have a choice. Choose to let the things outside our
control defeat you, or choose to control your response to it.
This mindset got her to try archery on her 15th birthday. Three years later Danielle was on
the Great Britain team, jumping in as World Number 1 and hanging onto this position for
her entire career. She is a 5-time World Champion and double Paralympic gold medallist,
winning gold in Beijing 2008 and retaining her title on home soil in London 2012. She also
became the first disabled person to represent England as an able-bodied competitor at
the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won gold.
Now, when she’s not busy writing non-fiction children’s books, she inspires young people
to pursue big goals, work hard and keep going especially when it gets tough. Her story –
and her ability to tell it – encourages children to develop a growth mindset and learn how
to believe in their abilities when it really matters.
Her most recent children’s book, Girls Rule, focuses on fearless role models through
history and how they have used their voice to drive change. Inspired by the lack of role
models in her sporting career, she also wrote Run Like A Girl which features stories of 50
female athletes from around the world and won the Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book
of the Year 2022.
This is just one of a series of online storytelling sessions we are hosting for children featuring themes about disability, to help promote inclusivity, boost self-confidence and inspire young readers and hopeful authors or illustrators to be! To view our other upcoming events, click here.
If you have any questions about the event please contact lexi@childrentoday.org.uk.
