The Great Antonio
TOON Level 2
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Astra Publishing House
Publishing:11th Mar '25
£7.99
This title is due to be published on 11th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£12.99(9781943145089)
What made the Great Antonio so great? Well, he made world records! He once lifted a telephone pole with twelve men hanging off of it! He could devour twenty-five roasted chickens in one sitting! In this whimsical book, beloved author and illustrator Elise Gravel tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the real-life and yet larger-than-life Montreal strongman whose heart was as big as his muscles.
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* "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." - Mom Read It
ISBN: 9781662665554
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
64 pages