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Clemente! - by Willie Perdomo (Paperback)

Clemente! - by  Willie Perdomo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The award-winning team of Perdomo and Collier ("Visiting Langston") joins forces once again for this tribute to baseball's beloved Roberto Clemente. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, in this joyful picture book biography. <p/>Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the only player for whom the five-year initiation period was waived. Known not only for his exceptional baseball skills but also for his extensive charity work in Latin America, Clemente was well-loved during his 18 years playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died in a plane crash while bringing aid supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Willie Perdomo's rhythmic text and Bryan Collier's energetic art combine to tell the story of one of baseball's greats.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A fitting tribute to a fine man and a great way to engage the interest of young readers and listeners, this picture book is a wonderful reminder that some athletes deserve the hero worship they inspire." --<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> <p/>"Graceful bilingual writing and warm, energetic paintings score big in this winning biography." --<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> <p/>"So <i>Clemente</i> is not just a story about the sports hero, who died in a plane crash in 1972 bringing supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, but also a lovely tale about family, love, perseverance and culture." --<i>New York Daily News</i> <p/>"Perdomo . . . strikes just the right note of precocious breathlessness, punctuating his text with Spanish to convey a people's enormous pride in one of their own . . . Collier's watercolor and collage pictures have a burnished look worthy of a heartfelt hagiography while at the same time evoking the dynamism of a genuine superstar athlete." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"Perdomo's lyrical writing draws the reader in; Collier's illustrations are a beautiful companion to the words on the page and bring the characters to life." --<i>Library Media Connection, starred review</i> <p/>"This winning tribute to a great humanitarian athlete will resonate with a wide audience." --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>"More than just a biography, this book warmly illustrates the parent-child bond that is one of the finer by-products of sports fandom." --<i>Booklist</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Willie Perdomo is the author of VISITING LANGSTON, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor. He is a winner of the PEN Beyond Margins Award and lives in New York City. <p/>Bryan Collier is the illustrator of <i>Visiting Langston</i>, <i>Lincoln and Douglass</i>, and of <i>Rosa </i>and<i> Martin's Big Words</i>, both Caldecott Honor books. He is also the author/illustrator of <i>Uptown</i>, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. Mr. Collier lives with his family in New York.</p>

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