| You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?! Contributor(s): Winter, Jonah (Author), Blitt, Barry (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 037587013X ISBN-13: 9780375870132 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2014005746 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.2" W x 11.1" (0.90 lbs) 40 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 180816 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented "platooning," a way to use players that revolutionized the game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like "Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height." The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here's a picture-book biography about the best, most beloved and entertaining manager in history A first-rate picture book for baseball fans. --Booklist, Starred |