The Kid from Diamond Street - The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton

About the author

Audrey Vernick is the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including Is Your Buffalo Ready For Kindergarten? and Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team. She is also the coauthor of the middle grade novels Two Naomis and Naomis Too. She lives with her family near the ocean in New Jersey. Visit her online at audreyvernick.com
New York City–based Steven Salerno is the illustrator of nearly forty popular and award-winning picture books, five of which he also wrote, including Tim’s Goodbye; The Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen; and The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow. He is also the illustrator of the recent series of Madeline books, which he created in the classic style of Ludwig Bemelmans. Steven’s books have been named a New York Times Notable Book and a NCSS Notable Children's Book and have been awarded the IRA/CBC Children’s Choice Young Reader Medal, the Irma Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature, and the Garden State Book Award, among other accolades. Many have also been chosen as Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and translated into languages around the world. Visit stevensalerno.com.

Product details

• Authors: Audrey Vernick
• Assisted by: Steven Salerno (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2016
• EAN: 9780544611634
• ISBN: 978-0-544-61163-4
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 267 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage reference material, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage reference: Atlases and maps, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activity Books / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 21st Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Reference / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Games & Activities / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Travel, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Reference / Atlases