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Michelle Wildgen: IMG A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels

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Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth

by Robert Burleigh

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Robert Burleigh and Mike Winner have created a stunning portrait of a legend--and of baseball's glory days.

Synopsis:

Now in paperback, the award-winning story of Babe Ruth--the legend
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About the Author

ROBERT BURLEIGH is the author of many award-winning children's books, including Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, also illustrated by Mike Wimmer, and Hoops, illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780152045999
Subtitle:
The Story of Babe Ruth
Author:
Wimmer, Mike
Illustrator:
Wimmer, Mike
Publisher:
Voyager Paperbacks
Subject:
General
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Baseball
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - General
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Biography / Autobiography
Subject:
Ruth, Babe
Subject:
General Juvenile Nonfiction
Subject:
General Juvenile Nonfiction
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
Subject:
Sports & Recreation
Publication Date:
April 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
1112x786x13 34
Age Level:
06-09
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