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Babe and I by David A. Adler (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100152013784

ISBN-139780152013783

eBay Product ID (ePID)537853

Product Key Features

Book TitleBabe and I

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily / Parents, Historical / United States / 20th Century, Business, Careers, Occupations, Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball, General

Publication Year1999

IllustratorYes, Widener, Terry

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorDavid A. Adler

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight14.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width11.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN97-037580

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsIn the Bronx in 1932, a boy out walking with his friend discovers that his ostensibly employed father is actually selling apples on the street. Shocked, the boy numbly follows the friend, a "newsie," to work and ends up learning a great strategy for selling papers: go to Yankee Stadium and shout the latest about Babe Ruth. Adler, previously paired with Widener for Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man, creates an empathic but unsentimental portrait of life during the Depression. He conveys the father's humiliation and pride, but the boy's satisfaction in his own job and the family's general happiness keep their lot from seeming pitiful. After selling a paper to the Babe himself, the boy feels new kinship with him: "He and I were a team.... His home runs helped me sell newspapers." But baseball isn't really what drives the bookAmore importantly, "I knew Dad and I were also a team. We were both working to get our family through hard times." Widener's acrylics have a striking presence: their massy forms and jaunty, exaggerated perspectives achieve a look that's both nostalgic and edgy. Adler and Widener score bigAtheir book reads like a labor of love. Ages 5-9., "For my birthday I was hoping my parents would give me a bicycle. They only gave me a dime."So begins David Adler's inspired tale of the challenges and magic--yes, magic--of a depression-era childhood spent in the Bronx, New York. Disappointed, but not surprised by his present, the young narrator in The Babe & I spends his birthday afternoon wandering neighborhood streets with his best friend Jacob, discussing--as always--the New York Yankees and the world's greatest baseball player, Babe Ruth. The boys may have little in the way of monetary goods, but they do live within walking distance of Yankee stadium. They get a special lift from their proximity to this golden team of graced athletes, even if they can never go inside the gate. On this day, however, the stakes are raised significantly when the narrator discovers a difficult, saddening secret about his father. In response, he decides to join Jacob and become a newspaper boy--a decision that helps his family through these tough years and leads the narrator into the best, most unbelievable encounter of his life--better than any bike or birthday or anything.Adler's honest, vivid reflection of 1930s life is perfectly complemented by Terry Widener's evocative, earth-toned illustrations. Reminiscent of WPA murals, Widener's images help Adler transport the reader to another time and place in a symbiotic pairing that makes this tender book a true work of art. (Ages 5 and older), "The kind of book that makes you want to buy season tickets." -- The Horn Book "Adler and Widener score big--their book reads like a labor of love." -- Publishers Weekly [star] "This nostalgic, heartwarming story about hard work and teamwork highlights heroes big and small."-- Booklist (starred review)

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal[E]

SynopsisIt s 1932 and everyone is struggling through the Great Depression. When the resourceful young narrator of this story discovers that his father is jobless, he decides to become a newsie. He and his friend Jacob figure out how to sell more papers than the other kids. Many more. Because they ve got Babe Ruth to help them. Business is soon booming and, thanks to the Babe, they even get a chance to see a Yankees game.", It's 1932 and everyone is struggling through the Great Depression. When the resourceful young narrator of this story discovers that his father is jobless, he decides to become a newsie. He and his friend Jacob figure out how to sell more papers than the other kids. Many more. Because they've got Babe Ruth to help them. Business is soon booming and, thanks to the Babe, they even get a chance to see a Yankees game.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.A2615Bae 1999