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本书讲美国著名的田径运动员吉姆.索普（Jim Thorpe）成名自传，主要讲述了他儿童时代的教育，以及他在儿童时代通过自己的田径运动天赋成为国际体育名人并获得了多项奥运会金牌的经历。

From Organization / 国外机构评价:

Kindergarten-Grade 3–Born Wa-tho-huck (meaning Bright Path) in 1888, Thorpe preferred the open space of Oklahoma's prairies to the dreary Indian schools that his father believed provided the best opportunities for his son's future. Unhappy with the rigid lifestyle, Thorpe ran away again and again. Sent across the country to the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, he found himself preparing for a career as a tailor. Athletics afforded him his only real happiness, and he discovered almost by accident his outstanding abilities in track and field. Brown uses prose and paint to show the significant childhood events leading to Thorpe's victories at the 1912 summer Olympics, where he was called the greatest athlete in the world by the king of Sweden. Done in watercolor and pencil, the cartoon-style illustrations convey a sense of motion and the delight Jim took in playing, running, and training. Color and lines contrast the freedom he felt on the Sac and Fox Indians' land with the confinement and conformity of school. A two-page author's note provides additional information. Joseph Bruchac's Jim Thorpe's Bright Path (Lee & Low, 2004) includes more details and realistic artwork, but Brown's book offers a well-organized and visually appealing introduction that is well suited to reading aloud.–Julie R. Ranelli, Kent Island Branch Library, Stevensville, MD

Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价:

Author/Illustrator Don Brown captures the life of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. You can't help but smile as Jim thanks the King of Sweden for declaring him the World's Greatest Athlete in the Olympic Games in 1912. A drawback is Brown's depiction of faces that portray the eyes as slits. This results in the characters appearing Asian. The Author's Note tells the sad story of Jim's confiscated medals and their return many years after his death.

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