Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess

After young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends baseball through a window, he runs in fear to his fathers tavern--and finds a dollar bill on the counter. Its enough to buy all of his friends ice cream, but Babe soon learns a lesson about stealing. Full color.

About the author

Dan Gutman

Summary

Learn all about the childhood of America's most famous baseball player in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read!

CRASH! Young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends' baseball right through a kitchen window. George runs in fear all the way to his father's tavern, where he finds a dollar. That's enough money to buy ice cream for all his friends to make up for the lost ball! So he takes it. Even as a boy Babe Ruth was generous. But sometimes, it got him into big trouble...

Product details

• Authors: Dan Gutman
• Assisted by: Elaine Garvin (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2004
• EAN: 9780689855290
• ISBN: 978-0-689-85529-0
• No. of pages: 31
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 227 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 68 g
• Series: Childhood of Famous Americans; Ready-to-read COFA; Ready-to-read COFA; Ready-To-Read Childhood of Fam
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous