Product Description

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #482100 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-28
• Released on: 2000-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780375805837
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Booklist
Gr. 2^-4. Kramer introduces young readers to five of baseball's greatest hitters--Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron. For each Hall of Famer, the author offers a biographical sketch and a chart of career statistics. He explains the players' strengths and weaknesses (both on and off the field) and provides play-by-play action for significant games. A final chapter briefly profiles six other batters. The illustrations, a mix of black-and-white and color photos and drawings, help to clarify the text and, combined with short chapters and large print, make for an attractive and nonthreatening layout. Similar to other beginning nonfiction titles in this Step into Reading series (for example, Kramer's To The Top! [1993]), this will be popular with baseball fans. Kay Weisman

From the Inside Flap
Sports maven S. A. Kramer's backlist favorite has been revised to include a new chapter and a cover featuring Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa--the home run kings who in 1998 broke the most famous record in all of sports, Roger Maris's 61 homers in a single season.

Customer Reviews

Great Informational Book
Baseball's Greatest Hitters is a great informational book about some of the best baseball players of all time. This book talks about Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Barry Bonds, and more. S. S. Kramer, the author, gave a lot of good information about the challenges these baseball sluggers endured. The photos in the book make you feel like you're in the stadium with these baseball legends! The book also has updates so you can get more recent information. If you enjoy baseball then this book is for
you.

Reviewed by Todd Hoffman
Villalovoz Elementary, Tracy