# The House That Ruth Built - Hardcover

by **Kelly Bennett** (Author), **Susanna Covelli** (Illustrator)

**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!

### Back Jacket

Praise for _The House That Ruth Built_  
"Between the fun story, the informative facts, and the amazing illustrations, _The House That Ruth Built_ is a great introduction to baseball, Yankee Stadium, and Babe Ruth for children!"  
\--Cassidy Lent, librarian at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

"I have been a student of Babe Ruth and baseball almost since I learned how to read and consider myself pretty knowledgeable. Nonetheless, there were many bits of information that Ms. Bennett managed to uncover, of which I was completely unaware. I especially liked the format using sidebars so that the reader can follow the story while choosing to dig into details or not."  
\--Tom Stevens, grandson of Babe Ruth

### Author Biography

Kelly Bennett is the author of many award-winning books for children--mostly picture books. Her stories, such as Not Norman, A Goldfish Story, a Jumpstart Read for the Record book; _Norman, One Amazing Goldfish_, _Vampire Baby_; _Your Daddy Was Just Like You_ & _Your Mommy Was Just Like You_; _Dance, Y'all, Dance_; _Dad and Pop_; and _One Day I Went Rambling_, an Illinois Library Association's iREAD selection, celebrate imagination, families, friends, pets... all that goes into being a kid! 2023 will see the release of Kelly's, _The House That Babe Ruth Built_ with Familius. To see more, please visit www.kellybennett.com

Kelly is a graduate of VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults program, and a long-standing member of SCBWI and The Author's Guild. A former ARA for SCBWI-Houston, Kelly now divides her time between Houston, TX, Westhampton Beach, NY, and Mimiville (which is anywhere her grandboys may be).

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.3 x 9.4 IN

**Publication Date:** March 28, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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