Phil Bildner, illus. by Tim Probert. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $15.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-30130-9
Rip and his best friend Red, who is on the autism spectrum, can’t wait to be on their school’s fifth-grade basketball team. But budget cuts, a focus on test prep, and a new teacher/basketball coach with tattoos, ear piercings, and a wealth of...
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Phil Bildner, illus. by Jesse Joshua Watson. Putnam, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-24790-3
This gentle yet penetrating story underscores the power of sports to unite, while providing an overview of the seismic changes the 1990s brought to South Africa. Bildner (The Unforgettable Season) uses soccer as a metaphor for apartheid; the...
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Phil Bildner, illus. by Brett Helquist. Candlewick, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7308-6
Bildner (Marvelous Cornelius) and Helquist (The Doll People’s Christmas) offer a gripping dual biography of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, two athletes who could not be more different, despite their shared talent. “Chrissie was this All-America
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Phil Bildner, Author, LeUyen Pham, Illustrator , illus. by LeUyen Pham. S&S $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-87011-8
Bildner's (Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
) appealing tale celebrates the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the perseverance of a girl determined to walk across it. During the first years of her life, Hannah watches, fascinated, as...
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Phil Bildner, Author, C. F. Payne, Illustrator , illus. by C.F. Payne. S&S $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82913-0
One of baseball's greats receives star treatment in this compelling book. Shortly before "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (so named for having played a game in his stocking feet) joins the minors, he falls into a slump, and out of desperation ends
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Phil Bildner, Author, C. F. Payne, Illustrator , illus. by C.F. Payne. S&S $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-86273-1
The title of Bildner and Payne's latest collaboration (Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
) refers not to the beginning of the Revolutionary War, but rather to the end of the Dodgers' 1951 run for the pennant. Affectionately calling the team "D
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Phil Bildner, Author, John Holyfield, Illustrator , illus. by John Holyfield. Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24789-7
This high-spirited collaboration re-creates the historic flight of James Banning, the first African-American pilot to fly across the continental United States. Bildner (co-creator of the Sluggers series) chronicles this feat in the voice of Thomas...
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Phil Bildner, Author, Zachary Pullen, Illustrator , illus. by Zachary Pullen. Putnam $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-24171-0
Deftly blending surefire ingredients—nostalgia, father-son bonding and on-field action—Bildner's (Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy
) story tells of the 1958 championship NFL game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts,...
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Phil Bildner, Author, Loren Long, Author, Loren Long, Illustrator , illus. by Long. S&S $9.99 (133p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1863-9
The authors nimbly step up to the plate in this debut volume of Barnstormers: Tales of the Travelin' Nine series, but the action plays out rather disappointingly. In 1899, likable siblings Griffith, Ruby and Graham Payne are on the road with a...
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Phil Bildner, illus. by S.D. Schindler, Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25501-4
In a narrative that's conversational yet informative, Bildner dives into the baseball season of 1941, alternately focusing on Yankee slugger DiMaggio, who had a 56-game hitting streak, and Red Sox star Williams, who ended the season with a batting...
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Phil Bildner, illus. by Daniel J. O’Brien. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-39122-5
“On the baseball diamond, Glenn Burke was a five-tool talent,” begins this sobering account of Major League Baseball player Burke (1952–1995). Portraying the athlete as someone who “could change the game,” Bildner conveys Burke’s high energy, which...
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