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Vernick, Audrey

The Funniest Man in Baseball: The Max Patkin Story

40 pp. | Clarion | April, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-81377-9 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jennifer Bower. Max Patkin's Major League dreams "took a funny turn." Before there were mascots in baseball stadiums, there was this clownish failed pitcher whose rubber face and talent as a mimic kept fans in stitches. The drawn-out text is unlikely to get today's young readers interested in the famous baseball clown's old-fashioned antics, though they're humorously enlivened in the caricaturish art.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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