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Book SynopsisWhat made the Great Antonio so great? He weighed as much as a horse! He once wrestled a bear. He could devour twenty-five roasted chickens at one sitting. In this whimsical book, beloved author and illustrator Elise Gravel tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger-than-life Montreal strongman who had muscles as big as his heart.
Trade ReviewElizabeth Bird's A Fuse #8 Production 2016 Fictionalized Non-Fiction for Kids
TD Summer Reading Club's Top Recommend Reads for 2017
* "A tribute as heartfelt as it is joyous” —
Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"Gravel gives us a funny, very kid-friendly story about a gentle giant, someone who twirled children around on his braids, turning himself into a human merry-go-round for their amusement." —
School Library Journal Good Comics for Kids"What’s to be made of lives that don’t go the way they were supposed to? Gravel shows that they’re worth paying attention to." —
Publishers Weekly"Kids will be taken by this larger-than-life figure, who is still beloved in Montreal, the city the Great Antonio called home."—
Booklist"Gravel’s cartoonish art is graphically sophisticated." —
Montreal Gazette
"In this innovative portrait―not quite a biography yet not quite a legend―Gravel affectionately places Antonio in the Paul Bunyan tradition of mighty men." —
Horn Book Magazine"A modern tale for a new audience." -
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