A Picture Book of Jesse Owens (Picture Book Biography)

This book about Jesse Owens was a good historical fiction book. It was a well written piece of literature about the trials and tribulations that this young man had to go through. I liked the concept of the book. However, I felt that it was a little dry. The pictures were very dull and I felt like

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the book was just one long list of things this man did. One extension idea is that I can have my students write about someone they look up to. Another idea is after I read the book, as a class we can talk about the controversy during that time.

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