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Illustrated by Elaine Garvin
March 1, 2004
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780689855290
Ages 5-7
ABOUT THE BOOK
Learn all about the childhood of America’s most famous baseball player in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read!
CRASH! Young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends’ baseball right through a kitchen window. George runs in fear all the way to his father’s tavern, where he finds a dollar. That’s enough money to buy ice cream for all his friends to make up for the lost ball! So he takes it. Even as a boy Babe Ruth was generous. But sometimes, it got him into big trouble…
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