Babe Ruth Saves Baseball!

Step into Reading 3

by Frank Murphy

AR Test

At A Glance

Interest Level

6+

Entertainment
Score

Reading Level
2.6

Number of Pages
48

Batter up! It’s 1919 and baseball is in trouble! All across the country, people are throwing down their bats and giving up America’s national pastime. It’s up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out?

Babe Ruth Saves Baseball chronicles Babe Ruth’s early baseball career, beginning with his time pitching for the Boston Red Sox. His first home run was against the New York Yankees! Babe kept track of his home runs and so did the fans. Then, in 1919 some of the White Sox players cheated in the World Series. When fans found out about the cheating, “people were shocked. Many fans stopped going to the ball fields.” But in 1920 Babe went to play for the New York Yankees and he kept hitting home runs. Eventually, so many people wanted to see Babe hit a home run that the Yankees needed a bigger stadium!

Babe Ruth Saves Baseball is part of the Step into Reading Level Three Series, which targets readers in first grade through third grade. With three short chapters, Step Three books are both longer and slightly more difficult than Step Two books. Each page has three to seven sentences and a large illustration. This level includes some more challenging vocabulary and concepts, though the meanings are made clear through context and illustrations.

Young readers interested in baseball will love finding out more about Babe Ruth. Beginning readers will love the colorful illustrations that show Babe Ruth in action. The illustrations show the fans’ excitement through their exaggerated and silly facial expressions. In the end, Babe’s determination paid off when he hit the first home run ever at Yankee Stadium. Babe’s career shows how Babe saved baseball by working hard and treating the fans with kindness. Readers can learn more about Babe Ruth by reading the fictional story The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly.

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