Call Me Roberto!
By Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
By Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
By Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
By Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
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$18.99
Aug 27, 2024 | ISBN 9781635928112 | 7-10 years
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Aug 27, 2024 | ISBN 9781635928129 | 7-10 years
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Praise
★ ”The triumphant picture book biography skillfully weaves an underdog sports story with political context, prioritizing Roberto’s love of the game while also exploring how white supremacy played into his professional and personal life. Gutierrez’s celebratory art is a riot of movement and color, with fluid lines and painterly swoops zinging through the saturated pages; patterned but balanced backgrounds create a contained energy that matches Roberto’s exuberant but disciplined approach to the game. His tragic death on one of his many humanitarian trips is detailed in the backmatter, but overall, Alonso, a career sports journalist, gives readers a joyful, affectionate portrayal of a sports hero told with the reverence of a true fan.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
“Admiring biographies of the great baseball player and humanitarian for younger readers abound, but here sports journalist Alonso takes a different angle…Though she covers on-field highlights up to his three-thousandth hit, it’s Clemente’s insistent identity as a Latin American in the face of jeering references to his accent in the press and efforts to rename him “Bob”—not to mention poor treatment on the road due to Jim Crow laws—that to her (and many Latine ball players since) make him an inspirational figure. ‘Bold style’ is a good way to characterize Gutierrez’s illustrations, too, as the sports star swats powerfully, runs bases, and makes catches in sinuous blurs of action or off-the-field poses within intricately interwoven frames and strong, swirling backdrops.” —Booklist
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