The Great Antonio
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Finalist blurb: Antonio Barichievich was a Canadian strong man who performed amazing feats of strength. Elise Gravel blends fact and myth to bring this enormous man to life. She uses a series of spreads to illustrate his size (he weighed as much as a horse) and his quirky behavior which included pulling a 443 ton train, singing Italian opera songs, wrestling a bear and becoming a human merry-go-round by twirling children from his braids. The tragic parts of his life are explained simply and the cartoony graphic illustrations will make this ?almost true? biography a fun title for beginning readers.
— Claire Noland, A Field Trip Life