Home Run [Library Binding]

Robert Burleigh (Author), Mike Wimmer (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817257640
• ISBN-13: 978-0817257644
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,759,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Home Run, April 27, 2000

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C. Wagner "cecilkunkle" (On the banks of the Wabash far away) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Run (Library Binding)

This picture book introduces the athlete who "changed baseball. Forever." Beginning as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, George Herman Ruth became a huge sports draw who "changed basball" which had been tainted by the 1919 "Black Sox Scandal." When bought by the New York Yankees, Ruth helped fill the stadium. A good pitcher and a great hitter, Ruth may not have earned the nickname "Babe" in a Baltimore elevator, but the gum card statistics will be of interest to even the more than casual reader. Wimmer's Norman Rockwellish illustrations are a good match for the simple read-a-loud text.