Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess (Ready-to-Read Childhood of Famous Americans Series: Level 2)

by Dan Gutman, Elaine Garvin (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn all about the childhood of America's most famous baseball player in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read!

CRASH! Young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends' baseball right through a kitchen window. George runs in fear all the way to his father's tavern, where he finds a dollar. That's enough money to buy ice cream for all his friends to make up for the lost ball! So he takes it. Even as a boy Babe Ruth was generous. But sometimes, it got him into big trouble...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689855290
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Series:	Ready-to-Read Childhood of Famous Americans
Edition description:	Repackage
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	570,762
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Dan Gutman hated to read when he was a kid. Then he grew up. Now he writes cool books like The Kid Who Ran for President; Honus & Me; The Million Dollar Shot; Race for the Sky; and The Edison Mystery: Qwerty Stevens, Back in Time. If you want to learn more about Dan or his books, stop by his website at DanGutman.com.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2-This story zeros in on one episode in Ruth's youth and will quickly capture the interest of children. Young George sees a dollar sitting on the bar of his father's tavern and uses it to buy frozen treats for all of the kids on the street. The cartoon artwork portrays the time period (1902) and provides sight clues for new readers. However, the story is sprinkled with a few difficult words (such as "through" and "sighed"), creating stumbling blocks for beginners, and it ends much too abruptly, leaving youngsters frustrated and unsatisfied.-Anne Knickerbocker, formerly at Cedar Brook Elementary School, Houston, TX Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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