
Great Lives in Graphics: Michael Jordan
Button Books (Publisher)
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-78708-174-1 (ISBN)
Description
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time, sports' first billionaire and a global superstar. But how did he become 'His Airness'? Who are the people that helped him get to the top? And why, after over 20 years since he retired, do millions of people still want to wear shoes that bear his name and 'be like Mike'?
Great Lives in Graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour, presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colourful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person's life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.
Great Lives in Graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour, presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colourful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person's life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Illustrations
150 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 204 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78708-174-1 (9781787081741)
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