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Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas (edition 2007)

by Meghan McCarthy

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Simple text and illustrations present the life of fitness legend Charles Atlas.
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Title:Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas
Authors:Meghan McCarthy
Info:Knopf Books for Young Readers (2007), Library Binding, 40 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:biography, picture book, risk taker, thinker, inquirer, grade 1 - 6

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Summary: This biography tells the story of Charles Atlas, the famous bodybuilder. The story begins with him as a boy immigrating to America from Italy. He was bullied a boy, leading him to develop a fitness program to gain muscle. The rest of the book tells of his accomplishments.
Media: Acrylic paint on gessoed paper ( )
  mpitcairn06 | Nov 16, 2009 |
Strong Man is a great children's biography of Charles Atlas, a man who advocated personal fitness through eating healthy, exercising through resistance training, avoiding smoking and drinking alcohol, and by believing in yourself. These great concepts are throughout this text, intertwined in the life of Charles Atlas, an Italian immigrant who believed in himself and healthy living to become (officially!) The World's Most Perfectly Developed Man! The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs, and makes this nonfiction story so interesting, and would make the perfect pick for introducing a unit to upper elementary students on healthy choices. ( )
  pacifickle | Mar 23, 2008 |
Simple text and illustrations present the life of fitness legend Charles Atlas. A quick and interesting read about the former "98-pound weakling" who's body building ads filled the back pages of comic books for years.
  prkcs | Aug 29, 2007 |
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