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There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived (2012)

by Matt Tavares(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0763627895 (ISBN13: 9780763627898)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Candlewick

review 1: This is a biography that talks about Ted Williams' life and how he was "the greatest hitter who ever lived." This is only a partial biography because it does not go through his life from birth to death. It was pretty authentic although I felt like the author left out an important detail in the story of Ted Williams' life that he briefly mentioned in his author's note in the back. However, the detail was still not specifically described and to me it is a major accomplishment of Ted Williams. The book however, does do a good job in telling about the career of Ted Williams minus the one missed detail. I thought it was interesting how he went back and forth from his baseball career to the military and how the book went in chronological order like that and not just a section on... more baseball and a section on his military experience. I think this could be used in a text set about baseball, or sports. We looked at another book with it and it helped to provide a more detailed depiction of Ted Williams' life. If teaching a unit on nonfiction or biographies, it could definitely be used for them. You could have your students write their own biographies, or their own version of a biography on Ted Williams with the information they think is important and how they depict his life.
review 2: Age recommendation: 6-9Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter to ever live, was a baseball legend and an American hero. Tavares' biography of the famed Red Sox player contains interesting, factual information, augmented by beautiful illustrations. This biography also contains interesting statistics, adding to its value as a great non-fiction book for younger readers. Recommended for primary to intermediate grade level boys, or anyone who enjoys baseball. less

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