
Written by Robert Burleigh · Illustrated by Mike Wimmer
A boy from a dirt lot grows into the biggest legend baseball has known.
George Herman Ruth Jr. started out playing ball on a dirt lot and grew up to become the Babe. In spare, poetic text and powerful oil paintings, this picture-book biography captures the slugger at the plate, while vintage-style baseball cards throughout track his career highlights and a time when baseball was America's game.
Like most boys, he spent his summers playing ball on a dirt lot, but George Herman Ruth, Jr. followed his dreams to become a legend. He is the Babe--Babe Ruth--and baseball is his game. Powerful oil paintings and spare, dramatic text draw readers into the mind of this larger-than-life sports hero. Reproductions of vintage-style baseball cards throughout the book detail Babe Ruth's career highlights. Home Run is a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.
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