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The Bambino and Me
tr book with CD. 15 min. Tundra Books. 2014. $17.99. ISBN 9781770496279.
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Gr 1–4—It's 1927 in the Bronx, and George Henry Alexander loves baseball, the Yankees, and, most of all, The Bambino a.k.a. Babe Ruth. For his birthday, he will be going to see a Yankees/Red Sox game with his father, but to his horror, his mother insists that he wear a Red Sox jersey that was a birthday gift. How will George survive wearing the jersey of the enemy? What if The Babe sees him? This story is beautifully written and full of nostalgia, and the book's illustrations expertly depict the main characters. Jason Alexander's narration is the icing on the cake, adding fun character voices and New York accents to this tale of Americana. Students and adults of all ages will enjoy listening, especially anyone with ties to the Red Sox/Yankees century-old rivalry. This work is a true gem.—Jessica Gilcreast, Bedford High School, Bedford, New HampshireTen-year-old Yankees fan George receives a Red Sox jersey for his birthday. He's humiliated when his mother insists he wear it on his first-ever trip to Yankee Stadium, but meeting Babe Ruth takes the sting out. Set in 1927, the story's forced folksiness grows tiresome. The caricaturish oil paintings capture Ruth's larger-than-life persona but other characters can look clownish. Includes a CD narrated by Jason Alexander.
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