Jairo Buitrago; Rafael Yockteng; Elisa Amado

Jimmy the Greatest! (Hardcover)

Name: Jimmy the Greatest! (Hardcover)
Brand: Jairo Buitrago; Rafael Yockteng; Elisa Amado
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Jimmy the Greatest! (Hardcover)Jimmy the Greatest Hardcover 9781554981786

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Publishers Weekly,This poignant, funny creation from the team behind Sopa de frijoles/Bean Soup seems to promise big things for its hero. Wide-eyed Jimmy lives in a ramshackle, tin-roofed village, painted by Yockteng in a style that's half folk-naif, half Matt Groening. Jimmy finds out about Muhammad Ali from a boxful of old newspapers and, galvanized, starts training in the local gym. "He wasn't thinking about what he didn't have anymore.... He didn't need much stuff to run." As he gains confidence-"Not many people dared to get in the ring with him"-momentum builds. But it's Jimmy's trainer, Don Apolinar, who leaves for the big city, while Jimmy stays behind; he ends up coaching kids at the gym. "This is my town," he says. "There are donkeys, three sheep and the great huge sea.... But we're really great." Readers expecting a triumphant, Rocky-like ending get a taste of Jimmy's disappointment instead. Buitrago isn't preaching, either-Jimmy's just an ordinary guy, not a moral hero. This is a genuine, bighearted picture of life in a Third World village that neither romanticizes poverty nor evokes pity-and it packs a powerful punch. Ages 4-7. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Hardcover
Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Publication date
May, 2012
Pages
52
Reading level
Ages 6-7
Age range
4 - 7 Years

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Listed as one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus, honored with the Horn Book Fanfare, and selected for the School Library Journal's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2012

Jimmy lives in a small town by the sea where there is just one tiny gym. The owner of the gym suggests that Jimmy start training, and to inspire him, he gives Jimmy a box full of books, as well as newspaper clippings about Muhammad Ali - "The Greatest." Jimmy is swept with admiration for Ali. He begins to read and run and box like crazy, even though someone at the gym has taken his shoes. And as he does so, he makes a great discovery: you don't have to leave home to be "the greatest."

Unlike many stories about emigration, Jairo Buitrago's simple, profound text is about someone who decides to stay in his small remote town in Latin America. Combined with Rafael Yockteng's humorous illustrations, this book will be especially appealing to boys and boxing aficionados.

The Spanish edition, ¡Jimmy, el más grande!, was recently nominated for one of "Los mejores libros del año" (Best Books of the Year) by Venezuela's Banco del Libro.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Publishers Weekly,This poignant, funny creation from the team behind Sopa de frijoles/Bean Soup seems to promise big things for its hero. Wide-eyed Jimmy lives in a ramshackle, tin-roofed village, painted by Yockteng in a style that's half folk-naif, half Matt Groening. Jimmy finds out about Muhammad Ali from a boxful of old newspapers and, galvanized, starts training in the local gym. "He wasn't thinking about what he didn't have anymore.... He didn't need much stuff to run." As he gains confidence-"Not many people dared to get in the ring with him"-momentum builds. But it's Jimmy's trainer, Don Apolinar, who leaves for the big city, while Jimmy stays behind; he ends up coaching kids at the gym. "This is my town," he says. "There are donkeys, three sheep and the great huge sea.... But we're really great." Readers expecting a triumphant, Rocky-like ending get a taste of Jimmy's disappointment instead. Buitrago isn't preaching, either-Jimmy's just an ordinary guy, not a moral hero. This is a genuine, bighearted picture of life in a Third World village that neither romanticizes poverty nor evokes pity-and it packs a powerful punch. Ages 4-7. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Hardcover

Fiction/nonfiction

Non-Fiction

Genre

Juvenile Fiction/Sports & Recreation - General

Publication date

May, 2012

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