Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet
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Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet by Jonah Winter
The ONLY nonfiction picture book about New York Yankee Mickey Mantle, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. From award-winning author Jonah Winter and #1 New York Times bestselling artist C. F. Payne comes this extraordinary picture-book biography that traces Mickey Mantle's unparalleled baseball career. He could run from home plate to first base in 2.9 seconds. He could hit a ball 540 feet--the longest home run in major league history. He was the greatest switch hitter ever to play the game. And he did it all despite broken bones, pulled muscles, strains, and sprains, from his shoulders to his feet. How did a poor country boy from Commerce, Oklahoma, become one of the greatest and most beloved baseball players of all time? This is the story.
Jonah Winter has written many highly acclaimed, bestselling books for children, including Barack, a New York Times bestseller. His other books include You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, which was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Booklist Top of the List; You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!, which received four starred reviews and was named a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; and Dizzy, recipient of Best Book of the Year citations from Booklist, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, The Bulletin, and Kirkus Reviews. Raul Coln is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books, including Draw!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson; Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton; and Toms and the Library Lady by Pat Mora. His works have received the Pura Belpr' Award, Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, and two Toms Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Awards.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781101933527 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101933526 |
| Title | Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet |
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2017-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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