{"product_id":"perfect-timing-how-isaac-murphy-became-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-jockeys-9780979343124","title":"Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One of the World's Greatest Jockeys","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis picture-book biography, Trollinger's debut title, celebrates a legendary African American jockey. Using the jockey's \"perfect timing\" as a framework, Trollinger begins with a serendipitous moment, when Murphy was 12, that started his career. Off-track scenes, such as Murphy's marriage, appear, but Trollinger focuses on Murphy's rigorous training and the thrilling races, described in moment-by-moment detail. The straightforward text will read aloud well, and the subject will interest boys and girls alike. Lagarrigue's elegant paintings wonderfully enhance the story. As in his illustrations for Deborah Wiles' Freedom Summer (2000), for which he received the Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award, the images reinforce the story's sense of looking back through time with blurred, abstract acrylics, which, like memories or historical stories, only capture part of the picture. Kids will be drawn particularly to scenes on the track, spiked with the color of bright silk uniforms, which evoke the speed and the excitement of both horse and rider. A note adds more historical context about African Americans in horse racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979343124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 10.50w x 0.12d","brand":"Patsi Trollinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574701629621,"sku":"9780979343124","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_07a8c304-8d12-4530-9330-e63c36aab832.jpg?v=1643698026","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/perfect-timing-how-isaac-murphy-became-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-jockeys-9780979343124","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}