Salt in His Shoes

Everyone knows who Michael Jordan is. Well this is a story of his childhood told by his mother and sister. Michael loved playing basketball with his older brothers and their friends but he was a lot shorter than them. This bothered him and he asked his mother how he could grow taller. She didn't know how to answer this but was cooking dinner so replied by telling him to put salt in his shoes and pray. Michael's father also had a conversation with him to tell him that he needed practice and determination and being taller would only help a little bit. The story continues to talk about his success on the courts in a park and how that determination lead him to the success he has had. I think that any young boy who is aware of Michael Jordan or not can use this story to inspire them. This is a good story to help teach children that if you put your mind to it and if you want it bad enough, you can achieve it.
The illustrations look like they could be right out of a cartoon. But my favorite is that on the first page it is young Michael going up with the ball in his famous pose and the last page is older Michael in the same pose. I think this is a great book and that many children could learn a lot from this success story.