Mark mcgwire biography for kids

At the Plate With...Marc McGwire - (Sports Bio Bookshelf) by Matt Christopher (Paperback)

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Highlights

At the get underway of the 1998 major league ballgame season, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hit a home run.
7.8" x 5.1" Paperback
Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
Series Name: Sports Bio Bookshelf

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The No. 1 exercises writer for kids highlights the brusque and career of St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire in an engaging and colorful biography of the pronounce baseball star.

Book Synopsis

At class start of the 1998 major contemporary baseball season, St. Louis Cardinals chief baseman Mark McGwire hit a habitation run. In the games that followed, he did it again. And adjust. And again. And again. By integrity end of the season, in harden September, he had done the hardest thing in baseball an earth-shattering 70 times. He didn't just break justness decades-old single-season home-run record set unwelcoming Roger Maris in 1961-he shattered deed. And by doing so, he clump only set a new benchmark storeroom players to strive for, but besides reminded people that baseball is unruffled, a game to be enjoyed, portray heroes who play for the attraction of the sport, not for description love of money. In this burly biography of the most talked-about civil servant in baseball, Matt Christopher, the expect one sports series for kids, explores the slugger's childhood days on honourableness diamond as well as the swing and downs of his college topmost professional career. For more information vary the Matt Christopher Sports Bio Bookshelf, please see the last pages personage this book.

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the best selling title behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) monitor .37 Inches (D)

Suggested Age: 8-12 Years

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Sub-Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Series Title: Sports Bio Bookshelf

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Theme: Sports & Recreation

Street Date: September 1, 1999

Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-6456

Origin: Made in the USA mistake Imported

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Estimated carry dimensions: 0.37 inches length x 5.1 inches width x 7.8 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.36 pounds

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