4.1 starsThe book should get 5 stars just for the cover illustration. Babe Ruth looks so happy and charming and childlike in that picture. I enjoyed learning about his life. It was so interesting that I read more information online about George Herman Ruth's life, and, of course, his life was much more complicated than described in this biography for children. Baseball certainly changed the life of this troubled young man. He continued to have problems throughout his life----but I like the message of the book that people can rise above their youthful circumstances and choose to make their life meaningful. A very fine picture book biography of Babe Ruth that focuses on his awesome baseball career, oversize personality and his enduring connection to and work on behalf of institutionalized boys. After a reprobate youth 'Babe' is consigned to a Catholic boys home by his exasperated parents. Along with strict discipline and tailoring skills he is taught baseball by a talented athletic priest. A bibliography is included. Every face in this book is white, which is likely historically accurate. I can't decide if I think this warranted a footnote: that at the time Catholic boys homes, orphanages and baseball were all segregated or if I think that is context the adult reader should supply.
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—cynthia
I think he had to go to school because he was being bad. (The name of his school is st.mary)
—Lexi101
A very fine biography about a legend.
—b328497
Beehive Nominee 2015
—Ela
Beehive Nominee 2015
—onreadnatalia
