Frank Murphy (5)

The entire country does not want to play or watch baseball anymore, and Babe Ruth has to win the fans back to save baseball. A great read, set in the depression (great for a history minilesson), also a great tactic to get boys who do not want to read to actually find something interesting in it because it is about baseball.

A good example of legend because it takes an historical event, based on a real person, that has been altered, stretched, and exaggerated over time. The story of President Roosevelt hunting and releasing the bear from the tether it was trapped with is probably historically present, but the details have become muddled. This legend is what drove Theodore to the nickname Teddy and for an elderly couple to come up with stuffed bears called Teddy's Bears. This story has an interesting plot because show more it contains multiple plots in one book. There is the whole story of the President hunting, being told that his friends have caught a bear, and letting the bear go free. But there is another train of events that stem off of this occurrence. After getting the nickname Teddy, a couple in New York decide to make bears more friendly by creating a stuffed toy bear and naming it after the kindness of the president. After selling a couple of these stuffed bears in their candy store, they sent one to the president to get permission to use his name, waited patiently, and eventually received a reply. And that is how the teddy bear was born.

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Good book about baseball and one of the founding fathers of the game. Babe Ruth changed the game forever and will always be referred to as the best player ever. This book offers great illustrations of certain important moments in Ruth's career and enhance the text.

This book was about the start of Babe Ruth's baseball career. How he started with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher and then switched to hitting. He made a record for 29 homeruns! Later on he went to be with the Yankees, they opened a new stadium and sort of made a nickname of the stadium after him. While playing for the Yankees he signed baseballs and hid them all over the city for children. He was the first player to hit a home run at the new stadium. The story ends talking about how he was show more the first player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame. I really enjoy baseball, so this book was enlightening for me. show less