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Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416953609)
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xIf you love baseball, chances are you love one particular ballpark. Boston fans wax poetic about Fenway Park. Cubs fans are adamant that Wrigley Field is the classic ballfield. Busch Stadium is a hit with folks from Missouri, and Yankee fans are passionate about the House That Ruth Built....
Besides passionate fans, there's one other thing all ballparks -- from the Union Grounds in Brooklyn built in 1862 to the Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards built in 1992 -- have in common: Each has its own vibrant and unique history.
In Ballpark, Sibert Honor Award winner Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significances of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals," Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other.
Author: Lynn Curlee
ISBN-10: 1416953604
ISBN-13: 9781416953609
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.93h x 10.77w x 0.17d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80957 / Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields
Besides passionate fans, there's one other thing all ballparks -- from the Union Grounds in Brooklyn built in 1862 to the Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards built in 1992 -- have in common: Each has its own vibrant and unique history.
In Ballpark, Sibert Honor Award winner Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significances of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals," Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other.
Author: Lynn Curlee
ISBN-10: 1416953604
ISBN-13: 9781416953609
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.93h x 10.77w x 0.17d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80957 / Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields
By Lynn Curlee
xLynn Curlee was educated as an art historian and worked as a fine artist for many years before he began to make children's books. Three of his books, Capital, Liberty, and Rushmore, were chosen by the Barbara Bush Literacy Campaign as their Book of the Year in three consecutive years. Mr. Curlee has won numerous awards for his work, including but not limited to a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book (Brooklyn Bridge), Orbis Pictus Award (Rushmore), ALA Notable Books for Children (Liberty), and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year (Parthenon). His other books include Ballpark, Trains, Mythological Creatures, and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. He lives in Norwich, Connecticut, with his partner and two Great Danes. Find out more on Instagram @LynnCurlee.
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