What Atheletes are made of
by: Hanoch Piven
Age: 3-4th grade

This book would be great for begining a biography unit for a class. It gives brief descriptions of atheletes who have all worked hard to achieve thier goals and each athelete is "made of _____" (a different word for each). There is a great range of different people from a variety of sports and eras. The images in the book are innovative and use different images to to create faces and bodies of the atheletes. From trucks and dentures, each of the atheletes that is described has a funny picture that keeps the reader engaged. Each of the atheletes is described as working hard toward a goal and some even include interesting quotes that the atheletes are known to have said. This book would be great for grades 3 and 4 and would be a perfect intro to learning about biographies.