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The Babe & I
    Adler, David A.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace,
Pub date: c1999.
Pages: 1 v. (unpaged) :
ISBN: 9780152050269
Item info: 12 copies available at CENTREVILLE REGIONAL, DOLLEY MADISON, CITY OF FAIRFAX REGIONAL, GREAT FALLS, GEORGE MASON REGIONAL, HERNDON FORTNIGHTLY, JOHN MARSHALL, KINGS PARK, LORTON, POHICK REGIONAL, RESTON REGIONAL, and BURKE CENTRE.
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Summary
It's 1932 and hard times are everywhere. But America still loves baseball, and Babe Ruth is their star. Two boys discover that with some creativity, hard work, and a little help from the Babe himself, they can do their part to help out their own team. Full color. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Publishers Weekly Review
In the Bronx in 1932, a boy goes to work and ends up learning a great strategy for selling papers. "Adler and Widener score big their book reads like a labor of love," wrote PW. Ages 6-9. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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key: 97037580
LCCN: 97-037580
ISBN: 9780152050269
ISBN: 0152013784
ISBN: 0152050264 (pbk)
Local Dewey call num: JFIC ADL
Personal Author: Adler, David A.
Title: The Babe & I / written by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Terry Widener.
Variant title: Babe and I
Publication info: San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, c1999.
Physical descrip: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
General Note: "Gulliver books."
Summary: While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.
Personal subject: Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948--Children's fiction.
Subject term: Depressions--1929--Children's fiction.
Subject term: Baseball--Children's fiction.
Subject term: Fathers and sons--Children's fiction.
Subject term: Unemployment--Children's fiction.
Added author: Widener, Terry,
892: trmb
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