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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse Paperback - 2009

by Kelly, David A

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Kelly and Jessell tell the true story behind the creation--and breaking--of the Curse of the Bambino, inflicted on World Series champions the Boston Red Sox after they traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1918. Illustrations.

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Small amount of wear. 101 pages are clean and tight. A chapter book for the early reader. The story of the curse of the Bambino and the 2004 Red Sox.
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  • Title Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse
  • Author Kelly, David A
  • Illustrator Tim Jessell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 101
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House, New York
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ST00974
  • ISBN 9780375856037 / 037585603X
  • Weight 0.18 lbs (0.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 4.7 x 0.27 in (20.32 x 11.94 x 0.69 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Reading level 650
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Biographies
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Curriculum Strand: Biographies
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Locality: Boston-Worcester, Mass.
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball - History, Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008018004
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became a golden team. And the Red Sox? For over 80 years, they just couldn't win another World Series. Then, in 2004, along came a scruffy, scrappy Red Sox team. Could they break Babe Ruth's curse and win it all?From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the publisher

David A. Kelly is a lifelong baseball—and Red Sox—fan. Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse is his first book. He lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.

Tim Jessell’s art can be seen in many children’s books, including the popular Secret of Droon series. For the Random House list, he illustrated Two Hot Dogs with Everything and the covers for Crossroads and Raleigh’s Page. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2009, Page 74
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 02/01/2009, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2009, Page 460
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 01/15/2009, Page 102
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2009, Page 183

About the author

David A. Kelly is a lifelong baseball--and Red Sox--fan. Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse is his first book. He lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.

Tim Jessell's art can be seen in many children's books, including the popular Secret of Droon series. For the Random House list, he illustrated Two Hot Dogs with Everything and the covers for Crossroads and Raleigh's Page. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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