Review: The Legend of Gravity by Charly Palmer

Quick Info:

Book type: Picture Book

Target age: 4-8 years old

Recommended age: 4-8 years old

Plot: This is a story that is partially a memoir of the author’s experience with playing basketball with his friends as a youth. It’s a tall tale about a kid nicknamed “Gravity” because he seems to defy it and how he and his friends won the neighborhood basketball competition with his help.

Review:

I’m going to preface this by saying I have 0 knowledge on basketball. If you lined up a dozen sports balls in front of me I could point a basketball out and that’s about it. Either way, I loved this story. It was funny, poetic and outlandish in a way only a tall tale can be. It was a very cute representation of friendship among boys and teaches the reader to work as a team and not only rely on one person. The art is loose and fun and the story is fast paced and exciting.

Opinion:

It’s a fun story with great messages of teamwork, I definitely recommend!

Content:

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