Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken?

Name: Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken?
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Dan Gutman
ISBN: 9781662091292

Author: Dan Gutman

Series: Wait! What?

Narrator: Jess E. Martnez, Tyla Collier

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 07/13/2021

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical

Synopsis

Did you know that Muhammad Ali was so terrified of flying on planes that he would bring a parachute? Or that he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bet you didnt know that he had an official sweat-taster to determine how salty his sweat was after each match! Siblings Paige and Turner do?and theyve collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about him, from his childhood and the spark of his boxing career through his time as heavyweight champion of the world. Narrated by the two spirited siblings, Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken! is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutmans signature zany sense of humor.

About Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 36 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan

This is the first book in a new series meant to compete against the “Who Was” series. It’s structured as a conversation between a brother and a sister each trying to top the other with interesting facts about the person the subject. It works out really well. This book is informative and has lots of......more

Goodreads review by Amber

Dan Gutman's new approach to biography in this early reader series is AMAZING! Kids will love the silly, not often found facts about Ali. The format of a conversation between brother and sister leaves plenty of white space on thee pages and lots of room for young readers to feel successful in their......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

Reviewed from a print ARC from the publisher. Dan Gutman's alchemy creates gold for his young fans yet again - this time with a series of non-fiction beginning chapter books about famous people called "Wait! What?". The first two books in the series, Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken? and Albert Einstein Wa......more