Terry Widener

Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.

A visual profile of baseball star Willie Mays, tracing his Birmingham childhood, achievements in the Negro Leagues, and fame as a center fielder for the Giants.

"...inspired by and partially based on James Madison Hemings's 1873 newspaper interview in which he briefly summed up his family's story, including the bombshell that he was the son of Thomas Jefferson. He was the only one of Sally Hemings's children to go public with this claim" (From author's note).

After being teased about his brand new loafers, Rigo puts them away for so long he grows out of them.

When the Bird of Darkness takes Princess Marie, twin brothers Soliday, who is brave and kind, and Salacota, who is cowardly, set off to fight the beast and rescue the princess.

Poems describe the different shoes children wear, including sandals, running shoes, golf shoes, and workboots.

"Snuggle down sleepy and warm with this soothing collection of beloved lullabies"--P. [4] of cover.