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Babe Ruth Saves Baseball! (Step into Reading) Kindle Edition

by Frank Murphy (Author), Richard Walz (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 478 ratings
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  1. Reading age
    5 - 7 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    Step into Reading
  3. Print length
    48 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Kindergarten - 3
  6. Lexile measure
    540L
  7. Publisher
    Random House Books for Young Readers
  8. Publication date
    February 27, 2013
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    978-0375830488
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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Batter up! It’s 1919 and baseball is in trouble! All across the country, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America’s national pastime. It’s up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out? --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Gr. 1-3. Grinning broadly as he looms monumentally over everyone in Walz's exuberant cartoons, Babe Ruth cuts a truly heroic figure for Murphy's easy-to-read tribute to the greatest ball player of them all. The author also adds some dimension to the Babe's oft-told tale, suggesting that Ruth's true greatness rests not so much in his statistical totals as in the way that his character and exciting style of play redeemed baseball in the wake of the Black Sox scandal of 1919. It's a cogently made argument--and the lighthearted tone in which Murphy delivers it may make this more appealing than the overheated melodrama of Robert Burleigh's Home Run (1998). A solid hit for the Step into Reading series. John Peters
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BE257RY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers (February 27, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 42435 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 478 ratings

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FRANK MURPHY is a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches. He has taught a wide variety of grades at the elementary for more than 30 years. A history buff, former basketball coach & Sixers fan, and popular speaker, Frank is the author of many fun historical fiction/biography books for young readers, including several popular Random House Step into Reading History Readers - including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2006 Best Book Award Winner Ben Franklin & the Magic Squares. His newest picture book is A Boy Like You (July 2019) illustrated by Kayla Harren and published by Sleeping Bear Press. A Boy Like You is a loving tribute to boys, celebrating all the wonderful ways to be a boy and encouraging readers to be the truest version of themselves—while embracing empathy and kindness. A Girl Like You (July 2020), co-authored with Carla Murphy (Frank's wife, who is a mom of a girl and an accomplished pediatric nurse) is a follow-up to A Boy Like You, offering girls a picture book that encourages them to embrace what makes them unique, to choose kindness, and to be their own advocates. As a teacher and father, Frank is committed to creating children's books that expand readers' knowledge of history and help inspire discussions about kindness, leadership, citizenship, growing up, and more. Look for Heroic Heart & A Family Like Ours next - in 2023.

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