Sports buffs and fans of authors like tim green and jon scieszka will love this imaginative series. Twelveyearold joe stoshack is an average kid with two amazing talents. When he holds a baseball card, he feels a tingling sensation, and when it gets strong, is transported to the year that card was made and somewhere near the ballplayer on the card. Boyd and harris do a great job of conveying what makes sports cards so much fun and innocent. By the time this card was issued, puckett had won two world series with the twins and a batting title of his own, in 1989. Cards trading card database has prices achieved from actual card sales, not estimates.
Joe stosh stoshack discovers he can use old baseball cards to travel through time and find out the history behind his baseball heroes like mickey mantle, jackie robinson, babe ruth, satchel paige, and more. Great book with many exciting, surprising events that make you want to keep. Abner and me baseball card adventure series by dan gutman. Nov 30, 2015 part sports chapter book, part mystery, all adventure, parents of fairy loving readers and athletes will really hit a magical home run with this series. See the complete baseball card adventures series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. These cards feature one or more baseball players, teams, stadiums, or celebrities.
Aug 20, 20 a social history as much as a baseball one, halberstams engrossing book sets the last gasp of the mickey mantleera yankees and the triumph of a young cardinals team powered by black stars like. Gutman supplements these descriptions with newspaper clipings, great photos including one of wagner and cobb, and what i assume is the detroit field, bennett park, in 1909, a reproduction of the t206 wagner, stats, a 2page baseball tips piece written by wagner in. When joe stoshacks dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident, he has two words to say to his son. The series is about a joe stoshack, a boy who can travel through time whenever he touches an old baseball card.
The single coolest topps baseball card from every year. He usually gets transported to the year the card was made and finds himself alongside the baseball legend on the card. Make offer 2017 topps baseball series 2 value fat pack judge mvp rookieashmaple. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, dan has received nineteen state book. A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. Each has a large scan of the front and back of the card. If you are looking to buy baseball cards, you have come to right place. Sets from upper deck, topps, donruss, bowman, and fleer. The aim is to provide factual information from the marketplace to help collectors. For stosh has a special powerwith a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time.
Gutman was born in 1955 new york city, but spent most of his childhood in newark new jersey, where his family moved to soon after he was born. This chapter book series by dan gutman is a more advanced version of the magic tree house series where the historical adventures are all baseball focused. The books feature a boy, joe stoshack, who can travel. Baseball card adventures series dogobooks book series. If you wish to assist baseball almanac with the baseball card database project and add addition sets from topps, please send us an email today and we will send you. Baseball card adventures 11 book series kindle edition. Baseball card adventures book series 12 books all formats kindle edition from book 1. Each box contains four autographs one atomic refractor. Dan gutman is the new york times bestselling author of the genius files series. Order of baseball card adventures books book series. High series also known as a high number series or high number, a high series contains baseball cards from the last series distributed for a set in a given year. And then, after a lateseason callup in 1993, jones was poised to take over third base or shorstop in atlanta in 1994. We knew from the before he ever appeared in a golf getup on a baseball card that chipper jones was going to be special. The first book in a fantastic sports adventure series centered around 12yearold josh, the star of his school baseball team.
Topps 52 card baseball game created by kenny mayne. The book i finished reading is called jackie and me a baseball card adventure by dan gutman. The dude who looked like a fire hydrant and played with pure joy had been a fan favorite for nearly a decade, but he was also nearing the end of the line, though we didnt know it at the time. He will end up in the year the card is from, near the player on the card.
Free card price guide baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer. Baseball card adventures series by dan gutman goodreads. He now gets the ability to travel back in time every time he touches an old card. The complete series list for a baseball card adventure dan gutman. Aug 10, 2018 in honor of national baseball card day on aug.
The baseball card adventures is a novel series written by dan gutman. Unikeep baseball trading card collection binder holds up to 180 standard size cards 2 per pocket with included envypak platinum series pages additional pages can be added 4. Gutman also includes some play by play descriptions from the 1909 series. Series reading order, cover art, synopsis, sequels. His skills earn him a place on a more competitive travel team where he experiences the pressures placed on young athletes to get stronger and uncovers a dangerous secret about his new coach. Baseball cards that are ungraded make it more difficult for buyers and sellers to agree on a fair price based on the supposed condition.
The a baseball card adventures is an ongoing series of novels about joe stoshack, a poor boy who stumbles upon a baseball card that makes time travel possible. The baseball card adventures is a series of childrens novels by american author dan gutman. If you click the name of the set in the chart above, a complete checklist of baseball cards will open. Shop a huge selection of baseball card sets at low prices. All 12 paperbacks in the bestselling baseball card adventures series. Honus and me baseball card adventure series by dan gutman. The 2020 season officially begins with the launch of topps baseball series 1. Best baseball books the 20 best baseball books ever. The beckett price guides would list a baseball card s book value, which was basically an informed guess of a select number of experts. Baseball card price guide prices from actual card sales. For prewwii baseball cards, please click on the prewar baseball. Childrens fiction writer, dan gutman, is an american writer who has written popular book series such as my weird school series, the genius files, the homework machine series and the baseball card adventures series. I highly recommend this book to baseball fans and actionadventure fans. This book starts of by the main character joe stoshack and he is at school and his teacher has a show and tell for class and the prize is 4 tickets to kentucky kingdom.
Up until a decade or so ago, collectors were forced to consult becketts yearly baseball card price guide and other similar publications to find out a card s estimated worth. Many of these older high series cards are of great value, as they were often released after the baseball season, when interest for baseball was waning. With more than 2 million books sold, the baseball card adventures bring the greatest players in history to life. Red man challenge the yankees johnston cookies renata galasso pepsicola collectabooks squirt circle k hygrade diamond marks baseball aces us playing cards all century team globe imports royal desserts ny journal american nu card hilites milton bradley transogram milk duds dan dee conlon tsn nabisco bell.
On october 1, 1932, during game three of the chicago cubsnew york yankees world series, babe ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. Baseball card adventures is a series of childrens fiction novels by dan gutman the american author. The baseball card adventure series in order dan gutman. Generally, the older a baseball card is, the more value it will have. Baseball card adventures book list in publication order, reading level information, appropriate reading age range, and additional book information. Baseball card values and how to determine their worth. When he holds a baseball card, he feels a tingling sensation, and when it gets strong, is transported to the year that card was made and. Another book with several editions, the great american baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book dates back to 1973 and could be credited as being the first book to reflect on baseball card collecting, much like may hobby bloggers do today. Rather than simply focus on the most famous or valuable cards, we asked some of the best minds in baseball to provide us with their favorites. The baseball card database currently has 186 topps baseball card sets online. May 04, 2020 the league chose the world series, of all times, to introduce a new, livelier baseball, and the results were immediate.
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