Home Run - by Robert Burleigh (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 <em>his</em> game. <p/>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. <p/><em>Home Run</em> is a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A superlative tribute, and most definitely a grand slam for this talented duo.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) <p/>This lyrical picture-book account is a success. . . . Burleigh brings the Babe to life through the moment of one at bat.--<i>School Library Journal </i>(starred review) <p/>This beautiful book . . . will have baseball fans of many ages cheering for Babe Ruth all over again. A wonderful selection to share across generations.--<i>Booklist</i> <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robert Burleigh is a longtime baseball fan and the author of many books for children. His previous collaboration with Mike Wimmer, Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, received the Orbis Pictus Award for the best nonfiction book of the year. His book Hoops (Silver Whistle, 1997), illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editors' Choice. Mr. Burleigh lives in Chicago, Illinois. <p/>Mike Wimmer is the illustrator of Train Song by Diane Siebert, Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz, All the Places to Love by Patricia Machlachlan, and Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, which received the Orbis Pictus Award for the best nonfiction book of the year. The Chicago Sun-Times has described his artwork as reminiscent of some of Norman Rockwell's best. Mr. Wimmer lives in Norman, Oklahoma. <br>
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