SuitabookThe Champ
Tonya Bolden
- Reading
- Read a section at a time and use the paintings as invitations to notice what they show and what they leave unstated; check together which parts of the life story you want to explore further.
- Themes
- Sport and achievement: The biography follows Ali from learning to box to becoming heavyweight champion, including the “Rumble in the Jungle”. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Boxing is a central part of the story. If a child is unsettled by accounts of physical contests, you could read together and pause to discuss that subject.