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Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
Contributor(s): Burleigh, Robert (Author), Wimmer, Mike (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0152045996 ISBN-13: 9780152045999
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2003
Annotation: The man who made the game of baseball, George Herman Ruth, wasn't always the Babe. Once he was a boy playing ball on a dirt lot. Burleigh and Winner have created a stunning portrait of a legend--and of baseball's glory days. Full color.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner

Dewey: B

LCCN: 95010038

Age Level: 4-7

Grade Level: PreK-2

Lexile Measure: 890 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.3" W x 10.8" L (0.30 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 04/07/2003 pg. 69
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2003

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 34830
Reading Level: 2.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Like most boys, he spent his summers playing ball on a dirt lot, but George Herman Ruth, Jr. followed his dreams to become a legend. He is the Babe--Babe Ruth--and baseball is his game.

Powerful oil paintings and spare, dramatic text draw readers into the mind of this larger-than-life sports hero. Reproductions of vintage-style baseball cards throughout the book detail Babe Ruth's career highlights.

Home Run is a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.

Contributor Bio(s): Burleigh, Robert: - Robert Burleigh is the author of many books for children including Flight: the journey of Charles Lindbergh, which won the Orbus Pictus award. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.Wimmer, Mike: - MIKE WIMMER is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including, Will Rogers: An American Legend by Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

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