Time For Kids: Jesse Owens: Running into History

by Elaine Israel

Take a close-up look at Jesse Owens, an African American track star—and one of the greatest athletes of all time. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the accurate reporting you expect from Time For Kids ® . Historical and contemporary photographs capture the life and times of this remarkable Olympic-medal winner.

Genres: Nonfiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2007

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written biography of Jesse Owen's life illustrated with many photographs and loaded with facts and details of both Jesse's successes and trials, as well as a description of his legacy today. Many positive messages of persistence and resilience from this famous world record-breaking Olympic athlete.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

While reading, I picked up all sorts of new tidbits and facts about Owens that are mostly overlooked by his stunning track record.

This book is an offspring from the successful series made by the publishers of TIME magazine. As one could guess, TIME for Kids or TFK is just like its adult counterpart only simplified for kids. Therefore the book reads very much like a magazine. The text is large and the graphics that surround them are crisp and clean. The photos in the first part of the book covering the first half of Owen's life are assembled like a scrapbook. The book is broken up into 8 chapters and surprising only two of them are devoted his college career and Olympic fame, making sure the reader can equal take in the broad scope of this athlete life.

Read my full review over at my blog: The Non Fiction Manifesto
http://non-fic-manifesto.blogspot.com...

[Tyffani Mine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This non-fiction biography is about Jesse Owens, a track star who set records in the summer Olympics in 1936. It talks about Jesse's training and the long process of making it to the Olympics. This book has interesting facts or side notes about the historical period of Jesse Owens' life time. This book could be used to teach about tending to detail within a text and learning setting, and time frames to help understand the story.

[Ruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

About the 1936 racer.

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 119861 EN Nonfiction
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