Baseball Saved Us

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Product Details
Price
$10.95  $10.18
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publish Date
Pages
32
Dimensions
9.9 X 8.2 X 0.2 inches | 0.26 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781880000199

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About the Author

Ken Mochizuki is a writer, journalist, and former actor who made his picture-book debut with Baseball Saved Us. He is also the author of several other award-winning picture books published by Lee & Low, including Passage to Freedom and Heroes. Mochizuki lives in Maple Valley, Washington. His website is kenmochizuki.com.

Dom Lee made his picture-book debut with Baseball Saved Us. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and went on to illustrate books in both the United States and Korea. His titles for Lee & Low include Ken Mochizuki's Passage to Freedom and Heroes, as well as the award-winning Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. Lee's unique illustration style involves applying encaustic beeswax on paper, then scratching out images, and finally coloring the images with oil paint. Lee and his wife live in Hollis, New York.

Reviews

"Author Ken Mochizuki and artist Dom Lee tell a terrific children's story. They tell a modern one - tender and tough and most of all: true." -- The Asian Reporter

"Prepossessing debut. . .stirring illustrations." -- Publishers Weekly

"Splendidly evocative. . .. Fine debuts for author, illustrator." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Powerful." -- School Library Journal

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