Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball by Kelly, David A
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0761380922 ISBN-13:   9780761380924 Publisher:   Lerner; Millbrook Press Category:   Picture Books, Sports Pub. Date:   April 2013 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   7 to 10
Description/Notes
This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lena Blackburne and his Baseball Rubbing Mud, which major league teams (and many other teams) use to take the shine off brand-new baseballs. This is also a story of how failure in one area led to triumph in another: Lena played in the majors starting in 1910 and hoped to be a great baseball player, but he wasnt. However, thanks to his mud, which he began selling in 1938, hes an enduring part of the gameand theres even a tub of the mud in the Hall of Fame.