Olympian Simidele Adeagbo - Sleigh Sleigh Sleigh All Day!

2720 Frankfort Avenue,Louisville KY 40206

27 March, 2022

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Olympian Simidele Adeagbo bring readers an uplifting, universal story about new experiences, never giving up, and finding your power. Masks are strongly encouraged to protect immuno-comprimised friends. Thanks for your help! Please call ahead about mobility device access and ADA parking. In Adeagbo’s impactful story of courage, a young Black girl named Damilola wants so much to sled down the big snow hill like the other kids. But she’s never done it before and she’s scared. Can she find her confidence, self-belief, and bravery to help her accomplish her dreams? In the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Adeagbo became the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to compete in skeleton (a sport in which athletes hurl themselves headfirst on a sled down an icy hill at eighty miles an hour). She has since become the first African gold medal winner at an international bobsled race and is the most decorated Nigerian and African bobsled and skeleton athlete of all time. Adeagbo’s journey from University of Kentucky track star to Olympic history maker to children’s book author started with a desire to create a story of diversity and overcoming adversity, empowering young girls to believe in themselves and strive for their dreams. Adeagbo’s new picture book has the character Damilola repeating a courage-inducing mantra that the author was motivated to include based on Nigerian Yoruba culture. Called an “oriki,” it is a form of praise poetry; each family has their own which tells the stories of their ancestors and is used to inspire and describe future destiny. Adeagbo’s five-year-old niece recites a mantra each day, giving the author the incentive to weave her own into her story to empower other young girls.