How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball

By David Shannon

Book Overview

Bestselling Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon tells the story of a boy who overcomes a cruel tyrant using his love of baseball.

Chosen as a NEW YORK TIMES Best Illustrated Children's Book, HOW GEORGIE RADBOURN SAVED BASEBALL was published more than a decade ago, and it was the very first book award-winner David Shannon wrote and illustrated himself. Using his vast experience as an editorial illustrator, Shannon told an expressive, emotional tale of a time when spring no longer existed, and it was always winter in America. Why? Because an angry dictator declared baseball illegal, and once-happy citizens fell into a dull pace of endless ice, snow, factories, and drudgery.
Filled with warmth, drama, and gentle humor, this story presents Shannon's rare ability to create an engaging picture book that can be read on several levels. Perfect for story time, bedtime, and teacher readings, this 2012 edition features a dramatic new cover sure to catch the eye of readers everywhere.
Published just in time for baseball season, HOW GEORGIE RADBOURN SAVED BASEBALL is more than a hit--it's a home run

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545381789
• ISBN13: 9780545381789
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great family book

This is a good, old fashioned baseball story. Great book to read to your kids. Just what America needs more of.

Well done plot and illustrations

How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball by David Shannon (1994) uses sequential color impact well. There is a plot to rid the world of Baseball. The color schemes are dark to indicate a somber mood in the beginning, and as the villain progresses. As the villain is foiled, the illustrations lighten in hue, symbolizing the lifting of the mood of the characters. There are other color cues as well, such as the hero's bright yellow baseball cap. Good illustrations and plot. If the child is not a baseball fan, there may not be enough interest, but well done otherwise.

David Shannon does it again!

Wow, what a book! I fell in love with the graphics first and then the book. David Shannon is a talented illustrator as well as an inventive author. This picture book will charm older children (and adults) of all ages. The lessons hidden in this wonderful story about how baseball was saved by a young boy come across easily to all levels. Our junior high is using it as a schoolwide springboard for our annual Literature Week and we'll have everyone from the P.E. department to math and science building lessons around this treasure of a book. If you like a good story, if you love baseball, you'll certainly want to enjoy this book.