A great book for kids to learn more about The Greatest! ;)
Hear more about Twelve Rounds To Glory at the Candlewick Press site: www.candlewick.com
~LT
Twelve Rounds To Glory The Story of Muhammad Ali By Charles R. Smith, Jr., llustrated By Bryan Collier
Description from Candlewick Press:
""Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. . . . I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived!"
From the moment a fired-up teenager from Kentucky won 1960 Olympic gold to the day in 1996 when a retired legend, hands shaking from Parkinson’s, returned to raise the Olympic torch, the boxer known as "The Greatest" waged many a fight. Some were in the ring, against opponents like Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier; others were against societal prejudice and against a war he refused to support because of his Islamic faith. Charles R. Smith Jr.’s rap-inspired verse weaves and bobs and jabs with relentless energy, while Bryan Collier’s bold collage artwork matches every move -- capturing the "Louisville loudmouth with the great gift of rhyme" who shed the name Cassius Clay to take on the world as Muhammad Ali.
A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the threetime heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life."
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