Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of Zachary's Ball, Oliver's Game, Mudball, and Henry Aaron's Dream, and the illustrator of Over the River and Through the Wood, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, and Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
Tavares’s full-bleed spreads alternate with sepia-toned spot
drawings, all beautifully arranged in this old-fashioned but
evergreen tribute.
—The New York Times
With smooth, sweeping lines and naturalistic details, Tavares’s
mixed-media artwork conveys Williams’s joyful devotion to his
sport.
—Publishers Weekly
Tavares's present-tense narrative lends drama and immediacy to the
all-smiles-and-heroics biography, and the watercolor, gouache, and
pencil illustrations depict Williams as large as a double-page
spread can hold. Published in time for Fenway Park's centennial
celebrations, this full-of-life biography will be a hit with young
baseball fans.
—Horn Book
This is a glorious tribute to a baseball legend and a complicated
human being.
—School Library Journal
Kids will especially like that this wonderful picture book spends a
lot of time talking about the childhood of the famous Boston Red
Sox slugger... An exciting and inspiring story.
—Washington Post KidsPost
A baseball hero and an American hero, the last player to hit over
.400 in a season; here, Ted Williams is introduced to a new
generation of baseball fans.
—Kirkus Reviews
Striking portraits, rendered in watercolor, gouache, and pencil,
show the skinny young Williams and his gradual physical maturation
into the lanky, muscular mature athlete and navy pilot.
—Booklist Online
Matt Tavares delivers a solid hit in his biography of this great
baseball player.
—Library Media Connection
Tavares writes THERE GOES TED WILLIAMS like a jazzy poem. There is
musicality in every line and in every full-color painting. The
nostalgia of the paintings plays beautifully against the
straight-up clarity of the prose. It's full of the statistics and
details so dear to the hearts of baseball lovers.
—The Boston Globe
Full of movement, the multimedia art is perfect complement to this
tale of stellar performance and personal sacrifice.
—San Francisco Chronicle
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