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K-3
Illustrated by
Alix Delinois.
"I am the greatest fighter in the world. I am the greatest poet in the world! I am the greatest! I am the greatest!" Myers begins this exuberant picture book when Muhammad Ali was still known as Cassius Clay and includes plenty of quotations from the celebrated athlete. Delinois's painterly illustrations express the famous boxer's energy as well as the political upheaval around him. Timeline.