You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?! - Tapa dura

"Casey Stengel is an inspired choice for this third of Winter's 'You Never Heard of ...' biographies of baseball greats, each illustrated by a different artist. Blitt and Winter have teamed up before on picture books about the Founding Fathers, and here their sensibilities once more mesh brilliantly." --The New York Times Book Review

"The faded watercolors and scratchy lines of Barry Blitt's illustrations give a feeling of historical distance to this entertaining account of Stengel's career." --The Wall Street Journal

"From the portraits onthe endpapers to the Stengelese quips in the text, here's a first-rate picture book for baseball fans." --Booklist starred review

"Blitt infuses his artwork with physical humor, and as readers follow Stengel through his highs, lows, and head-scratching in-betweens (like forgetting to put on pants before taking the field), they'll agree that 'They just don't make 'em like Casey Stengel anymore.' " --Publishers Weekly starred review

"This engaging title will have kids sprinting toward sports biographies to learn more about the many legendary players Stengel played ball with or managed." --School Library Journal starred review

Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented “platooning,” a way to use players that revolutionized the game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like “Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.”
 
The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here’s a picture-book biography about the best, most beloved and entertaining manager in history!

"A first-rate picture book for baseball fans." —Booklist, Starred