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Description
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but segregation never slowed him down. After setting world records for track in high school and college, he won a slot on the 1936 U.S. Olympic team. That year, the Olympics were in Berlin, then controlled by the Nazis, and Hitler was certain they would be a chance to prove to the world that Aryans were superior to all other races. But the triumph of Jesse's will helped him run through any barrier, winning four gold medals and the hearts of millions, setting two world records, and proving the Nazi dictator unmistakably wrong. The story of Jesse Owens comes alive for young readers with Carole Boston Weatherford's award-winning free verse poetry and Eric Velasquez'a stunning art.
Publication date
January 25, 2022
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781547608980
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
BISAC categories
JNF007050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural Heritage JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American JNF007100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
Publishers Weekly
[A] poetic tribute...Sometimes calling to mind old-time photographs, Velasquez's pleasingly grainy pastels easily convey the movement and speed, determination and triumph at the core of Owens's uplifting story.
School Library Journal
Written in second-person narration, the book focuses tightly on Owens's accomplishments, giving details about each of the four races and his role in uniting people across racial lines. Rich pastel illustrations, many of them based on historical photographs, make this title stand out.
Carole Boston Weatherford, a New York Times best-selling author and poet, was named the 2019 Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; the critically acclaimed Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; and the Newbery Honor Book BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in North Carolina. Carole Boston Weatherford, autora y poeta superventas del New York Times, fue nombrada ganadora del Premio de No Ficción del Washington Post-Children's Book Guild en 2019. Sus numerosos libros para niños incluyen al ganador del Premio de Autor Coretta Scott King Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, ilustrado por Floyd Cooper; los libros de Honor Caldecott Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, ilustrado por Kadir Nelson, y Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, ilustrado por Ekua Holmes, que también fue un libro de Honor Robert F. Sibert; el aclamado por la crítica Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, ilustrado por Eric Velasquez; y el libro de Honor Newbery BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, ilustrado por Michele Wood. Carole Boston Weatherford vive en Carolina del Norte.
