· Henry Aaron's Dream: Candlewick Biographies by Matt Tavares | Editorial Reviews. Paperback ISBN This book opens with a stark image: Readers look through a chain-link fence at white boys playing ball, a large WHITES ONLY sign dead center. When Henry Aaron was a boy in s Mobile, Ala., he played with a broom handle instead of a bat until he was 12, when a COLORED ONLY field was opened. He held the bat the wrong way, but he could hit harder than www.doorway.ru: Matt Tavares. · Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares. Before Hank Aaron was in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was Henry Aaron. Tavares has written a wonderful straight forward biography of Aaron's early years. Born in Mobile Alabama during segregation in the 's, Henry Aaron still dreamed of playing baseball. When he was thirteen, Jackie Robinson with the first African American in the major www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Matt Tavares is the illustrator of many books for children, including 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and Kristin Kladstrup's THE GINGERBREAD PIRATES. He is also the author-illustrator of several books about baseball: ZACHARY'S BALL, OLIVER'S GAME, MUDBALL, and HENRY AARON'S DREAM. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine. Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares: Order: USA Can; Candlewick, () Hardcover. Read an Excerpt Reviewed by Bob Walch: Y ou probably have heard of me. My name is Henry Aaron, although many people referred to me as Hammerin' Hank. In this picture book you'll learn about my early days as a baseball player. I surprised myself this year, and everyone I know, by purchasing part of a season ticket package to the Cleveland Indians games. When grandson Daniel visits this summer from Washington, D.C., I.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!. review 1: “Henry Aaron’s Dream” by Matt Tavares gives the history of baseball legend Hank Aaron’s rise from boyhood baseball fan learning about Jackie Robinson on the Brooklyn Dodgers, to baseball player in the Negro Leagues, to member of the minor leagues, and finally to baseball legend playing for the Atlanta Braves. In Henry Aaron's Dream, a nominee for the South Carolina Children's Book Award, author and illustrator Matt Tavares tell the story of how the dream of one young boy came true, despite enormous pressure from those who couldn't see past the color of his skin. This book takes readers from Aaron's bo.
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