{"product_id":"home-run-the-story-of-babe-ruth-9780152045999","title":"Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike most boys, he spent his summers playing ball on a dirt lot, but George Herman Ruth, Jr. followed his dreams to become a legend. He is the Babe--Babe Ruth--and baseball is \u003ci\u003ehis\u003c\/i\u003e game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful oil paintings and spare, dramatic text draw readers into the mind of this larger-than-life sports hero. Reproductions of vintage-style baseball cards throughout the book detail Babe Ruth's career highlights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Run\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Burleigh is a longtime baseball fan and the author of many books for children. His previous collaboration with Mike Wimmer, Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, received the Orbis Pictus Award for the best nonfiction book of the year. His book Hoops (Silver Whistle, 1997), illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editors' Choice. Mr. Burleigh lives in Chicago, Illinois. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMike Wimmer is the illustrator of Train Song by Diane Siebert, Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz, All the Places to Love by Patricia Machlachlan, and Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, which received the Orbis Pictus Award for the best nonfiction book of the year. The Chicago Sun-Times has described his artwork as reminiscent of some of Norman Rockwell's best. Mr. Wimmer lives in Norman, Oklahoma. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318174159122,"sku":"9780152045999","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b8edc45-c927-42cb-b1c3-1b064c68f4f0.jpg?v=1727549963","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/home-run-the-story-of-babe-ruth-9780152045999","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}