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You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

By Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Terry Widener

By Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Terry Widener

By Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Terry Widener

By Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Terry Widener

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Paperback $7.99

Mar 08, 2016 | ISBN 9781101934210 | 4-8 years

Ebook $5.99

Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780375987823 | 4-8 years

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    About You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

    Many believe baseball great Willie Mays to be the best player that ever lived. He hit 660 home runs (fourth best of all time), had a lifetime batting average of .302, and is second only to Babe Ruth on The Sporting News‘s list of “Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players.”

    In Jonah Winter and Terry Widener’s fascinating picture book biography, young readers can follow Mays’s unparalleled career from growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, to playing awe-inspiring ball in the Negro Leagues and then the Majors, where he was center fielder for the New York (later San Francisco) Giants. Complete with sidebars filled with stats, here is a book for all baseball lovers, young and old.

    “The Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book.” —Booklist, Starred

    About You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

    Many believe baseball great Willie Mays to be the best player that ever lived. He hit 660 home runs (fourth best of all time), had a lifetime batting average of .302, and is second only to Babe Ruth on The Sporting News‘s list of “Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players.”

    In Jonah Winter and Terry Widener’s fascinating picture book biography, young readers can follow Mays’s unparalleled career from growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, to playing awe-inspiring ball in the Negro Leagues and then the Majors, where he was center fielder for the New York (later San Francisco) Giants. Complete with sidebars filled with stats, here is a book for all baseball lovers, young and old.

    “The Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book.” —Booklist, Starred

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    About Jonah Winter

    Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My… More about Jonah Winter

    About Terry Widener

    Terry Widener was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He got his college degree from the University of Tulsa, and after school became a graphic designer. A few years into his career, Terry left the field and dedicated himself to becoming a… More about Terry Widener

    About Jonah Winter

    Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My… More about Jonah Winter

    About Terry Widener

    Terry Widener was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He got his college degree from the University of Tulsa, and after school became a graphic designer. A few years into his career, Terry left the field and dedicated himself to becoming a… More about Terry Widener

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books | Children’s Nonfiction

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Mar 08, 2016 | 40 Pages | 9 x 11 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9781101934210

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Schwartz & Wade
    Jan 08, 2013 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780375987823
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    Praise

    “Winter’s heartfelt, accessible text is infused with immediacy and enthusiasm…. Magnificent biography.”  —The New York Times Book Review

    Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, February 2013:
    “Even adults who are indifferent to baseball will likely be so drawn into Mays’ story and Winter’s rousing text that they’ll want to gather up a crowd just to read this one aloud.”

    Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, December 3, 2012:
    “A must-have for baseball fans.”

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2012:
    “An all-star gem to share with grandparents, parents, children, baseball fans and anyone else.”

    Starred Review, Booklist, September 1, 2012:
    “The Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book.”

    Awards

    Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2014

    IRA Teachers’ Choices SELECTION 2014

    NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies SELECTION 2014

    New York Times Editors’ Choice SELECTION 2014

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year AWARD 2014

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