World Series Heroes

by James Buckley Jr. and D.K. Publishing

Book Overview

Whether it's Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in game 1 of the 1954 series or Kurt Gibson's walk-off home run in game 1 of the 1988 series, there have been some truly amazing heroes to come out of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789492520
• ISBN13: 9780789492524
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Introducing young readers to the heroes of the World Series

You can tell that "World Series Heroes" was written after the 2002 baseball season because the last chapter of this DK Reader is about the surprise victory of the Anaheim Angels over the San Francisco Giants. But for the most part James Buckley, Jr. provides young readers with a history lesson on some of the great performances in World Series history. After providing a brief history of "A century of Series," Buckley devotes chapters to home runs, pitching, and defense."Heroic homers" starts, of course, with Babe Ruth's "called shot," Bill Mazeroski's blast that won the 1960 series, along with famous homers by Carlton Fisk, Reggie Jackson, Kirk Gibson, Kirby Puckett, and Joe Carter. "Pitching aces" begins with my favorite, Christy Matheson and his three shutouts in six days in 1905, then goes on to talk about Lew Burdette, Whitey Ford, Don Larsen, Sandy Koufax, Jack Morris, Randy Johnson, Curt Shilling, and Mariano Rivera (What? No Bob Gibson? That is a mistake). "Defensive Wizards" recalls great glove work from Sandy Amoros, Willie Mays, Brooks Robinson, and Graig Nettles. Overall Buckley does a good job of mentioning the moments and players that immediately came to my mind (with the one noted exception), which is what you want to see in a book like this one.The volume is illustrated with both black & white as well as color photographs, depending on how far back you go in baseball history, which is all the way back to Cy Young in this case. This is a level 3 Reading Alone book, which means it presents more complex sentence structure, information boxes and alphabetical glossary, along with a comprehensive index. Other MLB Readers at this reading level including "Home Run Heroes: Big Mac, Sammy, and Junior," and "Roberto Clemente" (in both English and Spanish versions), so young baseball fans will find other books to track down.