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\u003Cbr>STATE  \u003Cbr>PROVINCE  \u003Cbr>COUNTY  \u003Cbr>PARISH  \u003Cbr>SCHOOL DISTRICT_  \u003Cbr>OTHER   | Y OF:  \u003Cbr>Book No.  \u003Cbr>Enter information  \u003Cbr>in spaces  \u003Cbr>to the left as  \u003Cbr>instructed   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Year  \u003Cbr>ISSUED TO  \u003Cbr>Used   | CONDITION   |  |\n|  | ISSUED   | RETURNED   |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n\nPUPILS to whom this textbook is issued must not write on any pageor mark any part of it in any way,consumable textbooks excepted.  \n1.Teachers should see that the pupil's name is clearly writen in ink in the spaces above inevery book issued.  \n2.The following terms should be used in recording the condition of the book:New;Good;Fair;Poor;Bad.  \nNhe二abe  \nWriten by David A.AdlerIllustrated by Terry WYidener  \nI am the second of six children.When my olderbrother,Joseph,was a toddler,our aunt Bettelooked at him,laughed,and said,“Hi,Butch.”Joseph laughed,looked at her,and repeated,\"Hi Butch.\"From then on she has been ourbeloved \"Hi Butch.\"I learned from her tospeak lovingly to children,because they repeatwhat they hear.  \n# A NOTE ABOUT THE STORY;\n\nWhile this story is a work of fiction,the news-paper stories of the Coney Island fire,the boywho robbed a telegraph office,and the reportsof Babe Ruth's home runs,collapse,visit withthe fans in Yankee Stadium,and pinch hittingappearance are all based on actual events thatwere reported July 14 through July 22,1932.  \nThe Babe &i,by David A.Adler,ilustrated by TerryWidener.Text copyright ⑤1999 by David A.Adler.llustrations copyright ◎1999 by Terry Widener.Reprintedby arrangement with Harcourt Inc.  \nHoughton Miflin Edition,2001  \nNo part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and recording,or by anyinformation storage or retrieval system without the priorwritten permission of the copyright owner unless suchcopying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law.With the exception of nonprofit transcription in Braille,Houghton Mifflin is not authorized to grant permissionfor further uses of this work.Permission must be obtainedfrom the individual copyright owner as identified herein.  \nPrinted in the U.S.A.  \nISBN:0-618-05985-7  \n23456789-B-06050403020100  \nThe ilustrations in this book were done inGolden acrylics on Strathmore Bristol board.The display type was set in Latin Wide.The text type was set in Cloister Oid Style.  \nCelor separations by Bright Arts Graphics Pte.Ltd,SingaporeProduction supervision by Stanley RedfernDesigned by Cemila Filancia  \nFor my aunt Bette Adler Guterman,a baseball fan and our beloved“Hi Butch”-D.A.A.  \nFor my wife and children,whose support makes my work possible  \n中  \n一氏  \nFoR MY BIRTHDAY I was hoping my parents would give me a bicycle.Theyonly gave me a dime.I was disappointed,but not surprised.It was 1932,in the midst of the Great Depression,and millions of people were out ofwork.We were lucky.My father had a job.But we never seemed to havemuch money.Where we lived,in the Bronx,New York,everyone was poor.  \n\"Happy birthday,\"Dad said when I walked him outside.I watchedhim go off,carrying his briefcase and smiling.  \nMy neighbor Jacob was tossing a ball and catching it.He threw itto me and shouted,“Give me a high one.I'm Babe Ruth,the world'sgreatest baseball player.”  \nI threw the ball and Jacob reached up.It bounced out of his hands.He was no Babe Ruth!  \nGBMAYUNEMPLOYEDBu5E  \nWe played for a while,and then Jacob said,“I have to go to work.Comewith me.We can have a catch while we walk.”  \nA few blocks from home we passed a woman selling apples.Her clothes","cbCaiqU17Wwnl63U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqU17Wwnl63U","pdf",2529813,36,"English","# A Note About the Story\n## Birthday and neighborhood play","[{\"question\":\"What does the story say about how the narrator learned to speak 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