You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
By Jonah Winter
Illustrators
Illustrated by Terry Widener
Edition
By Jonah Winter
Library edition
Publisher Random House Imprint Schwartz & Wade ISBN9780375968440
Awards and Honors Booklist 2013 Top Ten Books for Youth, Black History, Biographies, & Sports; Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2013, Nonfiction; 2014 IRA Teachers’ Choices, Intermediate ReadersYou Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
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9780375968440J
“Oh, geez, where to begin?” An enthusiastic Giants fan shares the story of Willie Mays, one of the first African Americans to play in baseball’s major leagues. Author’s note. Highlights of Willie Mays’s career. Glossary. Notes about the statistics and radio-broadcast quotes used in the book. Full-color illustrations done in acrylic on chipboard. Lenticular cover.
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