# Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World!

**Author:** Vicki Conrad
**Grade range:** Grades 2–5
**Age range:** 7–11
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 48
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9781662680151`
**ISBN-10:** `1662680155`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/introducing-sandwina
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A picture-book biography of Katie Sandwina, the circus strongwoman who lifted enormous weights and challenged ideas about what women could do. Vicki Conrad tells the true story of a performer who became a symbol of strength. Selected for the 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (grades 3-5), chosen each year by the Oklahoma Library Association.

## Themes

- biography
- strength
- women's history

## Where this book is assigned

### Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)

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