Before They Let Us Play Vol. 4 — Rings, Lanes, and Podiums: Boxing, Track, and the Olympic Stage (Kid-Friendly Edition — EPUB)

One person, standing alone: a boxer in a ring, a runner in a lane, a champion on a podium. Young readers meet Jack Johnson from Galveston, Texas, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens and his four gold medals in 1936, the sprinters who came after him, Tommie Smith and John Carlos in 1968, and Muhammad Ali. Hard parts are told plainly and at a child's weight, and where the record books disagree, the book says so. Every chapter ends with one short Receipt a child can repeat.

All 6 chapters, each closing with its sources and method note, in the clean EPUB edition — readable on any e-reader, tablet, or phone. The Interactive Edition (separate listing) adds recorded narration by Marcus, the timeline, and the educator quiz. The chapters: Jack Johnson — The First Black Heavyweight Champion · Joe Louis and the Fight That Was a War · Jesse Owens, Berlin, 1936 · The Sprinters Between Owens and the Sixties · Mexico City, 1968 — The Gloves on the Podium · Muhammad Ali — The Champion Who Would Not Go. They built their own game. Then they took the whole game. Edition and price: Kid-Friendly Edition — EPUB $7.99 (this listing) · Interactive Edition $11.99 (separate listing). A TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Before They Let Us Play Educator materials.