Zishe the Strongman (Paperback), By Robert Rubinstein, illustrated by Woody Miller, At the age of 3, Zishe was lifting a nine-pound hammer in his father's blacksmith shop. By the time he was eleven, there was not a bar he couldn't bend or a chain he could not snap. Zishe, a poor Polish Jew, became the featured Strongman of circuses throughout the world. Based on the true story of Zishe of Lodz. Ages 5-9, Grades K-3, 32 pages, 10 5/8 x 8 7/8
