Willie Mays: MLB MVP

by Abbe L. Starr

Overview

Willie Mays is a Major League Baseball legend. He started on a semi-pro team in high school, but it wasn’t long before the Say Hey Kid started playing pro ball. A two-time MVP and 1954 World Series champion, Mays has made history as one of baseball’s greatest batters and fielders. Explore the exciting career and life of this superstar player.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728476551
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2023
Series:	Epic Sports Bios (Lerner T Sports)
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,055,198
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Abbe L. Starr is an author of nonfiction for children who believes in the power of stories. She lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2023

Gr 2 Up—Outstanding athletes from a variety of sports are the subjects of these eight volumes. Included are two Olympic Gold medalists (Wambach, Owens), three baseball superstars (Jeter, Clemente, Mays), a golfer, Nascar driver and a hockey player. The careers of the subjects are chronicled with emphasis placed on their career highlights and records. Sörenstam is the only woman to shoot a 59 in an LPGA tournament, Clemente won 12 Gold Glove Awards, Earnhardt, Jr. had 26 career wins, and Gretzky holds the NHL record for most goals and assists. Photographs accompany the texts. All titles are informative and will be appreciated by the subjects' respective fans. Readers will need some background knowledge on the sports in order to fully appreciate the accomplishments of the athletes. Fans seeking in-depth information on their personal lives will be disappointed, otherwise these biographies do a fine job of presenting outstanding athletes past and present. VERDICT There are several biographies already available on these now retired athletes, however these are more current and selectors should consider where there is a demand.

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