Book reviews contributed by participating librarians throughout the Santiago Library System

Monday, December 22, 2008

Baseball Treasures, by Stephen Wong


Photographs by Susan Einstein
Rating: Very Good
Smithsonian/HarperCollins, 2007, $17.89
ISBN: 978-0061144738
Age/Grade Level: 7-12 years

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If you love baseball, enjoy collecting baseball cards and want to learn some fascinating stories about the sport since its early days, this book is for you. The more than 100 photographs bring to life the champions of the game and fill the pages with memorabilia of caps, balls, bats and players' jerseys. A chapter on the World Series captures the excitement of games gone by.

Stephen Wong, a devoted collector of baseball trearues, share with his readers his early interest in baseball and the culminating results in the Wong Family Archives Collection for everyone to enjoy.
Reviewer: Jane Yarbrough, Library Consultant