What is the World Series? / by Gail Herman ; illustrated by David Grayson Kenyon.
Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780448484068
- ISBN: 0448484064
- ISBN: 9781480675506
- ISBN: 1480675504
- ISBN: 9781484457122
- ISBN: 1484457129
- ISBN: 9780606367608
- Physical Description: 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2015].
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 108). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is the World Series? -- In the beginning -- 1900s: The World Series takes off -- 1910s: Scandal -- 1920s: New York at bat -- 1930s: Dynasty -- 1940s: Color, curses, and Dem Bums -- 1950s: The "Subway Series" -- 1960s: Maz, and a miracle -- 1970s: Still cursed -- 1980s: An error and an earthquake -- 1990s: Worst to first -- 2000s: Standing together -- Timelines. |
| Target Audience Note: | 680L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 1 177123. |
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| Subject: | World Series (Baseball) > Juvenile literature. Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile literature. |
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