Baseball's Best: Five True Stories (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 5 Book)

by Andrew Gutelle

Overview

Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Hank Aaron—five amazing baseball legends. From the first black man to play major-league ball to the longest hitting streak ever, these are some of the game’s most inspiring stories. Find out what unforgettable feats won each player a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780394809830
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/24/1990
Series:	Step into Reading Book Series: A Step 5 Book
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	83,101
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.16(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Andrew Gutelle is a contributor to Highlights for Children. He has a great interest in sports, games, and puzzles. Gutelle has written books for many publishing companies, including Workman, Putnam, Random House, and Time-Life Books for Children. In addition, he wrote 20 episodes of Reading Rainbow and earned five Emmy nominations.

Editorial Reviews

Guttelle details one outstanding accomplishment of five different major-league baseball Hall of Famers: Babe Ruth's often disputed ``called'' home run, Joe Dimaggio's record 56 consecutive game hitting streak, Jackie Robinson's breaking the major league baseball ``color barrier,'' Robert Clemente's 300th hit and tragic death, and Henry Aaron's 715 home runs that broke Ruth's seemingly invincible record. Each is described in less than ten pages, allowing for little background information about either the feat or the ballplayer. Undistinguished illustrations and stock black-and-white photographs accompany the text. No table of contents or appendices are included. While the book is factually accurate, there is some fictionalizing of thought and dialogue, and the writing style is quite dry despite the inclusion of an occasional exclamatory sentence. Strictly for voracious young baseball fans. --Tom S. Hurlburt, Rio Rancho Public Library, NM

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