Monday, October 19, 2015

Time for Kids Biographies Jesse Owens Running into History by Elaine Israel

Time for Kids incorporates history that was taking place during Jesse Owens' life and how it effected him.
The chapters are short so they are manageable for a reluctant reader or a reader new to the biography genre.  Lots of information and additional facts are packed into each page via fact boxes.
Warnings/points to discuss: racial tensions, World War II and Hitler, Jesse and his girlfriend (later wife) had their first daughter out of wedlock, Jesse smoked a pack of cigarettes a day  and then eventually died from lung cancer.
Text features: table of contents, photographs, fact boxes, picture captions, bold/colored font, headings, time line

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