Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies
Title | Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Tavares |
Publisher | Candlewick Press (MA) |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763693103 |
"Before Pedro Martainez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramaon was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He dreamed of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues. This is the story of how that dream came true"--Dust jacket flap.
Becoming Babe Ruth
Title | Becoming Babe Ruth PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Tavares |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2013-02-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763656461 |
Traces his mischievous childhood in Baltimore before his life-changing enrollment in Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where a strict code of conduct and his introduction to baseball inspired his historic career.
Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies
Title | Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Tavares |
Publisher | Candlewick |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2017-03-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763693111 |
“Masterfully depicts, with quick verse and beautiful illustrations, the world in which the two siblings came of age. . . . A wonderful introduction to a truly special player.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramon was the best pitcher he’d ever seen. He’d dream of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues — and here, Matt Tavares tells the story of how that dream came true.
There Goes Ted Williams
Title | There Goes Ted Williams PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Tavares |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763627895 |
Profiles the iconic baseball hitter, including his rigorous practice schedule as a youth, military service in two wars, and stellar career that led to an unmatched season in 1941.
Pedro
Title | Pedro PDF eBook |
Author | Pedro Martínez |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0544279336 |
From the 8-time All Star and 3-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time
Growing Up Pedro
Title | Growing Up Pedro PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Tavares |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2024-09-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1536245208 |
“Masterfully depicts, with quick verse and beautiful illustrations, the world in which the two siblings came of age. . . . A wonderful introduction to a truly special player.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramon was the best pitcher he’d ever seen. He’d dream of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues — and here, Matt Tavares tells the story of how that dream came true.
Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
Title | Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Clark Smith |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2017-03-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763677329 |
Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, when she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident.