Racing Legends: Charles Leclerc by Maurice Hamilton

Another famous racing car driver joining legends Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris is Charles Leclerc. This very popular Racing Legends series is written by Maurice Hamilton who has attended over 500 Grand Prix races all around the world and has commentated on F1 races for BBC Radio 5 Live for 20 years. His knowledge of all things racing related is second to none.

Each book has a colour photograph of the driver on the front cover and contains 101 facts about Formula One. The Contents page begins with Chapter one: An introduction to Formula One and the second to last chapter in each book has the heading ‘How can you be like Lando Norris or Charles Leclerc.’  Throughout the book are illustrations as well as tables, diagrams, maps, comparison facts, highlighted key words, F1 terminology as well as the opportunity to learn about what goes on behind the scenes.

The exciting facts about each driver provide readers with snapshots of their lives. Charles Leclerc began racing karts at the age of seven and in 2013 at the World Karting championship finished second behind Max Verstappen. He began in Formula 1 racing in 2018.

Each of the four books in the series are proving to be entertaining reads for those middle to upper primary readers who are sport enthusiasts and prefer information over fiction. With engaging facts and numerous infographics to absorb and discuss with their friends, these books are flying off library shelves.  

Themes: Racing Cars, Drivers, Family, Competition, Biography.

Kathryn Beilby