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Article: Say Hey! A Song of Willie Mays.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues Book Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Say Hey! A Song of Willie Mays
by Peter Mandel illustrated by Don Tate Jump at The Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, March 2000 $15.99, ISBN 0-7868-0480-7, Ages 4-8
A lifelong fan of the New York Mets, Peter Mandel, author of Red Cat, White Cat (named an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"), celebrates the life of black baseball great, Willie Mays. Mandel, who also writes a column for the Providence Journal- Bulletin, uses a rhyming text to tell his story.
The story follows Willie Mays from his childhood in Alabama, where he first started playing baseball in sandlots, to his play in the Negro Leagues. When Willie Mays was selected to play for ...