#tbt: Twelve Rounds to Glory: the story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Image: Candlewick Press

Twelve Rounds to Glory: the story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. 80 p. Candlewick Press, 2007. 9780763616923. (Own)

Happy Thursday TMS Readers! I hope you're planning a wonderful day off this Teacher Convention Weekend. #tbt features Twelve Rounds to Glory: the story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith and illustrated by Bryan Collier. This verse biography of the original G.O.A.T., was published in 2007 and won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor. Twelve rap-style poems capture the energy and essence of Ali and are accompanied by brilliant collage illustrations by one of my favorite illustrators.