Roberto Clemente: Baseball Hero

by Rick Guzmán and Lila Guzmán

I loved baseball more than anything, said Roberto Clemente, the first great ballplayer from Puerto Rico. Despite physical pain from injuries and emotional pain from the racism of the 1960s, Clemente wowed major-league fans with his amazing fielding, throwing, and hitting. Equally noteworthy was his commitment to others. If you have a chance to help and you don't, he said, then you are wasting your time on this earth. The life of this beloved athlete...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076602640X
• ISBN13: 9780766026407
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4