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Fauja Singh Keeps Going tells an inspiring story of a man who was over the age of 100 who ran a marathon!

I need to get this book for my library. Fauja Singh "hoped that children and adults everywhere would see him take on this difficult challenge and persevere with grace - something he learned from his faith." A great #readforperspective & #SEL book.

This was an engaging and emotionally involving picture-book biography of Fauja Singh, a Sikh farmer from the Punjab, who began training to run the marathon in his 80s. I enjoyed the narrative, found the artwork lovely, and really appreciated the brief message from Singh himself, in his foreword.

“You know what you‘re capable of. Today is a chance to do your best. “

September reading recap: 20 books finished (not including 3 bailed)

*5-star read*

Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon, Simrat Jeet Singh, Baljinder Kaur (Illustrator) (children's)

*4-star reads (in order of reading)*

Frames (Valentino #1), Loren D. Estleman

The Common Good, Robert Reich

So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo (reread)

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With faith, confidence, dedication, and perseverance, Fauja Singh tackles everything in life, from learning to walk (he couldn't until he was around 5 years old) to farming, to moving in his 80s, to running marathons. Fauja Singh's story is delightfully written and illustrated, and the book includes a forward by Fauja himself, and a short biography and listing of his records at the end.