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Jesse Owens (Volume 42) Hardcover – Illustrated, June 2 2020
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The youngest of ten children, Jesse grew up working in the cotton fields of Alabama. Discovered by his high school track and field coach, Jesse quickly rose to fame as an athlete. He went on the challenge racism on the world stage at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and made new world records. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the athlete and activist's life.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
- Reading age4 - 7 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 2
- Dimensions20.83 x 1.4 x 25.15 cm
- PublisherFrances Lincoln Children's Books
- Publication dateJune 2 2020
- ISBN-100711245835
- ISBN-13978-0711245839
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Discover the life of Jesse Owens, the great track and field star!
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He decided to practice in the morning, when the sun was rising and everyone was still in bed. He was determined to become the best athlete in the world. |
Hitler believed that white athletes were superior because they were white. Jesse won a gold medal and stole the spotlight from Hitler’s hateful regime. |
He had retired when he finally got his most valuable award: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor for any American. No athlete embodied the struggle against injustice and racism more than Jesse. |
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About the Author
Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children’s books and the author of the multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series of picture books that explore the lives of outstanding people. Working for more than fifteen years for clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship between children and pop culture.
Anna Katharina Jansen is an illustrator based in Germany who graduated with an MA in illustration from HAW Hamburg. Her clients include: Google, GLAD! magazine, Frankfurt Book Fair, and Parents magazine.
Product details
- Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books; New edition (June 2 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0711245835
- ISBN-13 : 978-0711245839
- Item weight : 340 g
- Dimensions : 20.83 x 1.4 x 25.15 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #349,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

¡Hola! My name is Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and I’m a writer and creative director from Barcelona. When I was a little girl, I used to read books under the covers with a flashlight once my mom had turned the light off. I always wanted to be a writer… but when I grew up, I ended up in advertising. It was a lot of fun though; I loved working with directors, photographers, designers, and I also wrote scripts, documentaries and texts for all kind of things.
Then, I decided to self-publish a book that had been in my mind for a long time. One day, one thousand copies of the book arrived at my home – I had no idea what I was going to do with them! I opened a little online shop, offered them to some pretty stores in my neighborhood and, one by one, I sold them all. Soon, publishing houses started to approach me to write books, but I was working on another idea of my own: a series about little people with BIG dreams.
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There are a couple of minor things about how the book was written which (mildly) which bugged me as an adult, but my kids didn't notice. The book talks about Owens (an American attending The Ohio State University) being a lift operator. From the picture of him in uniform, and my knowledge of "Brit Speak," I think he was an elevator operator. It was odd to call him a lift operator, although maybe back then that's what they were called, even in Columbus, Ohio. Also, the last page of book references him fighting the wind, but mentioning fire at his feet would have been more of a callback to the actual story.



Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2020


