Dungy, Tony. You Can Do It! Little Simon Inspirations: 2008. ISBN: 9781416954613.
This is a kid friendly realistic account of Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, in You Can Do It! He is a third grade student having a horrible day at school. Linden is represented as the class clown, always getting in mischief at school. He is the youngest family member who is the least motivated and has not found his passion in life. Everyone else in his family recognizes their special talent, however Linden realizes all he wants is to make people smile. With his family’s encouragement, a helpful brother, and an inspiration from God Linden learns that he can do anything. After an unusual trip to the dentist office, he realizes that being a dentist is a vocation that assists people in smiling. This religious based text is captivating to readers that might be having a dilemma in his or her personal life. This is an inspirational book that reveals that having faith is very valuable throughout life. The watercolor paintings in this book are whimsically sketched with a black outline of figures is an animated way to show the feelings Linden exhibits.
Torri Saul, bowling Green State University, EDTL 6950
This is a kid friendly realistic account of Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, in You Can Do It! He is a third grade student having a horrible day at school. Linden is represented as the class clown, always getting in mischief at school. He is the youngest family member who is the least motivated and has not found his passion in life. Everyone else in his family recognizes their special talent, however Linden realizes all he wants is to make people smile. With his family’s encouragement, a helpful brother, and an inspiration from God Linden learns that he can do anything. After an unusual trip to the dentist office, he realizes that being a dentist is a vocation that assists people in smiling. This religious based text is captivating to readers that might be having a dilemma in his or her personal life. This is an inspirational book that reveals that having faith is very valuable throughout life. The watercolor paintings in this book are whimsically sketched with a black outline of figures is an animated way to show the feelings Linden exhibits.
Torri Saul, bowling Green State University, EDTL 6950
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