It's 1932. It's the Great Depression. Money is sparse. In The Babe & I by David A. Adler, a boy helps his friend, Jacob, sell newspapers in order to make a little cash. Jacob knows the best spot to sell papers, too. It is Yankee Stadium. There, no one cares about the front page headlines. They care about Babe Ruth. The boys yells out the headlines about Babe. They sell many newspapers! One day, on their way to pick up papers, they see the boy's father. He is selling apples on a corner. However, the boy believes his father to be going to the office to work each day. His father, like many others, has also lost his job. The boy keeps his father's secret. He knows his father is embarrassed. So, he continues to sell papers with Jacob. On a special day, the boy sells a paper to a man who pays with a $5.00 bill! The boy doesn't have change, but the man says to keep the money. That man happens to be Babe Ruth! The boys are able to watch the Yankee game that day. They watch Babe in the game. Babe helps his team win. The boy and his father are also a team and help their family.
Here's to baseball, summer sun, and lots of reading! Remember to return to Marlin Literacy every Monday for the Book of the Week.
So far, we've read books that are connected.
Week 1 and 2, both books were about reading.
Week 2 and 3, the stories both contained a character who is a real person.
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