Jimmy the Greatest!

by Jairo Buitrago

Book Overview

Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. He starts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554981786
• ISBN13: 9781554981786
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2