A Children's Book Council Hot of the Press Selection
It's Opening Day! Yankee Stadium towers grand, gleaming, and ready!
On April 18, 1923, the New York Yankees played against the Boston Red
Sox in their very first game in the brand-new Yankee Stadium. All the
key players were there--future Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Waite Hoyt, Bob
Shawkey, Miller Huggins--and so were the supporters--Eddie Bennett, the
legendary Yankee batboy; Jack Lenz, Yankee Stadium's first public
announcer; five-year-old Little Ray Kelly, Babe's lucky charm; and more
than 70,000 fans! Every person in the stadium on opening day was part of
this legendary event, and now you can be too.
With beautiful, true-to-event illustrations reminiscent of Norman
Rockwell, and with facts on every page about the stadium, the teams, and
that very first fateful game that christened the original Yankee
Stadium, The House That Ruth Built is the perfect book for kids and
baseball fans everywhere. Take a step into the past and watch the
baseball greats make history!