Henry Aaron's Dream: Candlewick Biographies

By Matt Tavares

Book Overview

"This rousing tribute should resonate with a wide audience." --School Library Journal (starred review)

Before he was Hammerin' Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn't have a bat. He didn't have a ball. And there wasn't a single black ballplayer in the major leagues. But none of this could stop him. In a captivating biography of Henry Aaron's young life, Matt Tavares pays inspiring homage to one of baseball's all-time greats.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763676543
• ISBN13: 9780763676544
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3