Jonah Winter is the author of many award-winning books about
baseball figures, including Roberto Clemente- Pride of the
Pittsburgh Pirates; You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!; and You
Never Heard of Willie Mays?! His other stellar titles include Here
Comes the Garbage Barge!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book;
Frida, a Parents' Choice Gold Medal winner; and Dizzy, the
recipient of Best Book of the Year citations from Booklist, School
Library Journal, The Horn Book, The Bulletin, and Kirkus
Reviews.
Barry Blitt's illustrations have appeared on the cover of the New
Yorker and have also graced the pages of the Chicago Tribune, the
New York Times, Child magazine, and Entertainment Weekly. He is the
illustrator of the children's books While You Were Napping by Jenny
Offill and George Washington's Birthday by Margaret McNamara, as
well as Once Upon a Time, the End- Asleep in 60 Seconds by Geoffrey
Kloske.
“Casey Stengel is an inspired choice for this third of Winter’s
‘You Never Heard of …’ biographies of baseball greats, each
illustrated by a different artist. Blitt and Winter
have teamed up before on picture books about the Founding Fathers,
and here their sensibilities once more mesh brilliantly.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“The faded watercolors and scratchy lines of Barry Blitt’s
illustrations give a feeling of historical distance to this
entertaining account of Stengel’s career.” —The Wall Street
Journal
“From the portraits onthe endpapers to the Stengelese quips in the
text, here’s a first-rate picture book for baseball
fans.” —Booklist starred review
“Blitt infuses his artwork with physical humor, and as readers
follow Stengel through his highs, lows, and head-scratching
in-betweens (like forgetting to put on pants before taking the
field), they’ll agree that 'They just don’t make ’em like Casey
Stengel anymore.' " —Publishers Weekly starred review
"This engaging title will have kids sprinting toward sports
biographies to learn more about the many legendary players Stengel
played ball with or managed.” —School Library
Journal starred review
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