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Growing up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies

How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues

Growing up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies( )
Author: Tavares, Matt
Illustrator: Tavares, Matt
Series title:Candlewick Biographies Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7636-9310-7
Publication Date:Jun 2017
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

"Masterfully depicts, with quick verse and beautiful illustrations, the world in which the two siblings came of age. . . . A wonderful introduction to a truly special player." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican...
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Book Details
Pages:48
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.205 x 23.622 x 0.965 cm
Book Weight:0.278 Kilograms
Author Biography
Tavares, Matt (Author)
Matt Tavares was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1975.

Matt wrote and illustrated his first picture book, Sebastian's Ball, as his senior thesis at Bates College. Three years later, after much revision, Sebastian's Ball became Zachary's Ball, his first published picture book. Since then, Matt has published a number of books.

Matt's books have won several awards, including three Parents' Choice Gold Awards, a Parents' Choice Silver Honor, two Oppenheim Gold Seal Awards, and an International Reading Association Children's Book Award.

Matt lives in Ogunquit, Maine with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters.

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