Book Summary
This book is the biography of Hank Aaron. It is a narrative account of his life starting at his childhood and ending at him beating Babe Ruth's home run record. The story along with its beautiful illustrations give a lot of information and facts about Hank Aaron's life, struggles, and successes.
APA Reference of the Book
Golenbock, Peter. (2001). Hank Aaron: Brave in every way. Orlando, FL: Gulliver Books.
Impression
This book was well written--interesting, yet simple enough to understand. It weaved facts seamlessly into an intriguing narrative about Hank Aaron. It reminded me a lot of a favorite picture book biography of mine--Roberto Clemente: Pride of the PittsburgPirates. The book did not include an author's note or any information about references, but it was clear throughout the writing that the author did do a lot of research before writing this book. I felt the author did a good way of addressing the negative attention and death threats that were received by Hank Aaron, but in a very age appropriate way.
Professional Review
GOLENBOCK, PETER. (2001). Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way. Illus by Paul Lee. San Diego: Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-202093-4.
When Hank Aaron was born his father wanted him to know the joy of playing baseball and his mother wanted him to make a difference in the world. Hank did both of these things. Hank Aaron played baseball in the major leagues and in 1974 he broke Babe Ruth's homerun record.
This biography would be interesting to cluster with several other recent baseball biographies such as Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (Adler, 1997), Satchel Paige (Ransome, 2000); and Golenbock's earlier book, Teammates (1992) about Pee Wee Reese.
Brewer, J. & Bushner, D. (2002). Spotlight: nonfiction [Review of the book Hank Aaron: Brave in every way, by P. Golenbock]. New England Reading Association Journal: 38(2), p. 35.
This book could be used in a variety of purposes. It could be included in a biography study. I would highly recommend it to teachers looking for a mentor text for writing a biography. It would be a strong book to include when studying sports stars or African American history. Additionally, it could spark a discussion about how illustrations influence a story and provide information just through pictures.
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