Baseball's Greatest Hitters
From Ty Cobb to Miguel Cabrera
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · February 23, 2016
This Step into Reading Step 5 Sports Reader profiles the greatest hitters in baseball: Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron.
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- Who it’s for
- A survey of standout hitters, from Ted Williams and Babe Ruth to Miguel Cabrera.
- Themes
- Baseball's greatest hitters, Performance-enhancing drugs in baseball
- Genres
- Baseball & Softball, Sports Biographies for Kids, Early Chapter Readers
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This Step into Reading Step 5 Sports Reader profiles the greatest hitters in baseball: Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron. Now updated to include Miguel Cabrera, who made baseball history by achieving the Triple Crown in 2012, and up-and-comer Mike Trout. This star-studded survey remains contemporary by addressing the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some of baseball’s top stars.
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Step 5 Readers tell stories in chapters using longer paragraphs and are ideal for children who want to take the plunge into chapter books but still like colorful pictures.
Baseball’s Big Hitters
A survey of standout hitters, from Ted Williams and Babe Ruth to Miguel Cabrera.
Come here for
- Profiles Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Hank Aaron.
- Adds Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout to its lineup of hitters.
Expect
- Addresses performance-enhancing drugs used by some top baseball stars.
- Chapter stories use longer paragraphs, with colorful pictures.
Where it sits
| Baseball & Softball | 90% |
|---|---|
| Sports Biographies for Kids | 58% |
| Early Chapter Readers | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Biographies for Kids
- Early Chapter Readers
- Baseball & Softball
- Authors
- S. A. Kramer
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- February 23, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Baseball's greatest hitters · Performance-enhancing drugs in baseball
- Reading lane
- Sports Biographies for Kids