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LIEography
The LIEography of Babe Ruth
"This is the funniest book I've read since Dan Gutman's My Weird School series."--Dan Gutman
Fans of Captain Underpants and the Wimpy Kid series will love the silly, slapstick comedy in the parody The LIEography ( ™ ) of Babe Ruth. Get ready to split a side and roll on the floor laughing with Alan Katz's satirical look at history's greatest slugger.
What didn't happen that day when Babe Ruth stepped up to the plate during his fateful game?
Here's
Ruth stepped up to the plate and boldly pointed to the hot dog stand beyond the fence in centerfield. As he studied the stand, he said to himself, “After the game, I’m going to enjoy their all-you-can-eat hot dog special...”
Then Ruth picked up the bat and rubbed it under his left armpit for good luck. The men in the crowd yelled, “Oooh!” The women in the crowd yelled, “Aaah!” And the people listening at home on their radios heard all the excitement and said, “What? What did he do? We can’t see it! Waaaaaa!”
Find out what else DIDN'T happen in The LIEography of Babe Ruth!
More about the LIEographies
Perhaps you’ve heard that Babe Ruth “called his shot” before hitting a mammoth home run. Or learned about Columbus’s voyage to prove the earth was round. Maybe you’ve been told of the triumphs of people such as Thomas Edison and Houdini.
You may know some of the facts about these legendary figures.
But you’ve never been able to read their totally made up, absolutely untrue, 100% fake life stories. Until now.
Listen, why just focus on the historical…when you can have a whole series about the hysterical?
And that’s the whole idea behind…LIEographies.
Each edition of LIEographies hilariously examines the outrageously fake lives of the greats.
Read a LIEography and you’re sure to want to read another…and another…and another. (And chances are you’re also gonna want to read the true stories of these amazing folks!)
Fans of Captain Underpants and the Wimpy Kid series will love the silly, slapstick comedy in the parody The LIEography ( ™ ) of Babe Ruth. Get ready to split a side and roll on the floor laughing with Alan Katz's satirical look at history's greatest slugger.
What didn't happen that day when Babe Ruth stepped up to the plate during his fateful game?
Here's
Ruth stepped up to the plate and boldly pointed to the hot dog stand beyond the fence in centerfield. As he studied the stand, he said to himself, “After the game, I’m going to enjoy their all-you-can-eat hot dog special...”
Then Ruth picked up the bat and rubbed it under his left armpit for good luck. The men in the crowd yelled, “Oooh!” The women in the crowd yelled, “Aaah!” And the people listening at home on their radios heard all the excitement and said, “What? What did he do? We can’t see it! Waaaaaa!”
Find out what else DIDN'T happen in The LIEography of Babe Ruth!
More about the LIEographies
Perhaps you’ve heard that Babe Ruth “called his shot” before hitting a mammoth home run. Or learned about Columbus’s voyage to prove the earth was round. Maybe you’ve been told of the triumphs of people such as Thomas Edison and Houdini.
You may know some of the facts about these legendary figures.
But you’ve never been able to read their totally made up, absolutely untrue, 100% fake life stories. Until now.
Listen, why just focus on the historical…when you can have a whole series about the hysterical?
And that’s the whole idea behind…LIEographies.
Each edition of LIEographies hilariously examines the outrageously fake lives of the greats.
Read a LIEography and you’re sure to want to read another…and another…and another. (And chances are you’re also gonna want to read the true stories of these amazing folks!)
75 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 19, 2013
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April 21, 2021
The Lieography of Babe Ruth
The Absolutely Untrue, Totally Made Up, 100% Fake Life Story of Baseball's Greatest Slugger
by Alan Katz
Tanglewood Publishing
This is such a delightfully, nutty book! It's for middle grade but it tickled me too! There are the silliest things written in here! It tells a whopper of tales describing Babe Ruth's life. This will keep the reader entertained if they know about The Babe or not.
Near the end of the book, it switches and tells the true story of Babe Ruth and it holds your interest. I think kids will be interested to see what the REAL one was like!
There are lots of clever illustrations along the way to really enhance the story. Why weren't there books like this when I was a kid? This would be good for any child that loves humor, history, or baseball!
I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this awesome and hilarious book!
The Absolutely Untrue, Totally Made Up, 100% Fake Life Story of Baseball's Greatest Slugger
by Alan Katz
Tanglewood Publishing
This is such a delightfully, nutty book! It's for middle grade but it tickled me too! There are the silliest things written in here! It tells a whopper of tales describing Babe Ruth's life. This will keep the reader entertained if they know about The Babe or not.
Near the end of the book, it switches and tells the true story of Babe Ruth and it holds your interest. I think kids will be interested to see what the REAL one was like!
There are lots of clever illustrations along the way to really enhance the story. Why weren't there books like this when I was a kid? This would be good for any child that loves humor, history, or baseball!
I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this awesome and hilarious book!
April 7, 2022
After reading another book by Alan Katz, I hoped this one would be funny too. Unfortunately, part of the fault may have been mine. I'm not a gigantic baseball fan, I knew little of Ruth's true history, and I should have read the end of this book first (where it gives a true but very short account of facts).
Aside from my lack of cultural prep, I just didn't find it funny or even amusing. The bathroom joke in chapter 6, or again in chapter 9, was not appreciated.
Katz's book about Thomas Edison was amusing where it wasn't funny. So don't completely write-off the author.
Sometimes these things happen. A reader has heard one tall tale too many about a very large baby fixing a roof, or an old woman with broccoli in her teeth for decades, and their sense of humor fizzles flat like a very old bottle of soda pop. But I promise, I laughed pretty hard last week, so there's still hope for me.
3/5 Generously, and hoping you like it more.
Thanks to Tanglewood Publishing and NetGalley for the free preview of this galley in pdf; this review is voluntary.
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Aside from my lack of cultural prep, I just didn't find it funny or even amusing. The bathroom joke in chapter 6, or again in chapter 9, was not appreciated.
Katz's book about Thomas Edison was amusing where it wasn't funny. So don't completely write-off the author.
Sometimes these things happen. A reader has heard one tall tale too many about a very large baby fixing a roof, or an old woman with broccoli in her teeth for decades, and their sense of humor fizzles flat like a very old bottle of soda pop. But I promise, I laughed pretty hard last week, so there's still hope for me.
3/5 Generously, and hoping you like it more.
Thanks to Tanglewood Publishing and NetGalley for the free preview of this galley in pdf; this review is voluntary.
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May 9, 2013
When I first saw this book ... I wasn't sure what to expect. While the title is a clever play on words, is it responsible for an author to take an actual person from history and write an outlandish life story? And aimed at children, would this confuse them? Once I started reading, I relaxed a bit. The story was SO unbelievable (as the blurb professes) that getting mixed facts isn't really an issue. Still ... there was the smallest shred of truth mixed in (the name George Herman Ruth/Babe Ruth, he played for the Red Sox, was traded to another team, set many records, was known for his heavy eating and his charity work).
... then there are other "real" names sprinkled throughout: the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, Charlie Lindberg, Millard Fillmore ~ erroneous/silly information given about all of them. But if kids don't recognize them as actual important individuals, most of the humor there is lost (or if they DO recognize the name and store the information away as a "fact" ... could be a problem). Some names I didn't recognize myself (Alice Arnold?) so there and a few other places, I suspect even I was probably missing out on some underlying jokes.
There were a few lines that were laugh out loud funny ... my favorite was "Babe Ruth sailed through middle school, which made his parents proud, but angered his principal since they didn't allow boats in the hallways."
As the book concludes, the author encourages the reader to read up on the REAL facts about Babe Ruth (while I didn't actually go check out any of those books I was interested enough to pull up the Wikepedia page on him). Personally, I would have liked a list of the ACTUAL TRUTHS, the small parts (and it wasn't much) that was actually factually correct. I would hesitate to call this "historical fiction" and it is definitely NOT NONfiction ...
There was a bit of potty humor.
There are a few pictures, but it is mostly text. But still a quick read.
I am going to encourage my 3rd grader to read this. I really think he would appreciate many of the exaggerations and humor, although I do think he'd miss many of the jokes. I still think it would be an enjoyable read. If he does, I'll try to quiz him about it and add his thoughts. I also think I will check out the other LIEography books myself *Ü*
Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of the book for review.
... then there are other "real" names sprinkled throughout: the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, Charlie Lindberg, Millard Fillmore ~ erroneous/silly information given about all of them. But if kids don't recognize them as actual important individuals, most of the humor there is lost (or if they DO recognize the name and store the information away as a "fact" ... could be a problem). Some names I didn't recognize myself (Alice Arnold?) so there and a few other places, I suspect even I was probably missing out on some underlying jokes.
There were a few lines that were laugh out loud funny ... my favorite was "Babe Ruth sailed through middle school, which made his parents proud, but angered his principal since they didn't allow boats in the hallways."
As the book concludes, the author encourages the reader to read up on the REAL facts about Babe Ruth (while I didn't actually go check out any of those books I was interested enough to pull up the Wikepedia page on him). Personally, I would have liked a list of the ACTUAL TRUTHS, the small parts (and it wasn't much) that was actually factually correct. I would hesitate to call this "historical fiction" and it is definitely NOT NONfiction ...
There was a bit of potty humor.
There are a few pictures, but it is mostly text. But still a quick read.
I am going to encourage my 3rd grader to read this. I really think he would appreciate many of the exaggerations and humor, although I do think he'd miss many of the jokes. I still think it would be an enjoyable read. If he does, I'll try to quiz him about it and add his thoughts. I also think I will check out the other LIEography books myself *Ü*
Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of the book for review.
November 7, 2020
Seriousness soars out of the park as this book dives into obvious and hilarious tales, which never could have happened.
If you're looking for a true account of Babe Ruth's life, this is not the book to grab up. It does base itself a little bit on this incredible baseball player's experiences but very, very, very loosely. From the historical side, I like it simply because it does raise awareness of Babe Ruth's existence and let's readers, at least, know a bit of very general information about him (what he did and who he was in an extremely broad sense). At the end of the book, there are a few pages which seriously summarize his life and allow readers to discover who he really was and what he accomplished.
The tales are humorous and drag in even quirky humor. For example, Babe Ruth sends a foul ball into the stands and accidentally breaks a girl's iPhone...which he feels very bad about sense iPhones are rare because they don't exist yet. Of course, his bat is broke and he needs to hit the next home run with his arm. In other words, these stories are goofy and silly and simply ridiculous.
Another plus point is found in the plentiful illustrations. I'm always a fan of these in middle grade books, and this one holds more than a couple. It allows readers to get a better impression of what's going on, adds humor, and even builds a picture of Babe Ruth in their minds. Plus, it breaks up the flow. At 64-pages, this is one that even reluctant readers aren't going to be scared to pick up, and the illustrations make this one even more attractive.
If I can criticize anything, it's that I'm not sure middle graders will find this one quite as funny as adults will...unless they happen to be baseball and/or Babe Ruth fans. Some of the humor might not hit quite right for the younger age group. Still, I recommend this one, especially to reluctant reading sport fans, and have no doubt that it will draw more than a few snorts and giggles.
I received a complimentary copy through Netgalley and laughed my way through the entire book.
If you're looking for a true account of Babe Ruth's life, this is not the book to grab up. It does base itself a little bit on this incredible baseball player's experiences but very, very, very loosely. From the historical side, I like it simply because it does raise awareness of Babe Ruth's existence and let's readers, at least, know a bit of very general information about him (what he did and who he was in an extremely broad sense). At the end of the book, there are a few pages which seriously summarize his life and allow readers to discover who he really was and what he accomplished.
The tales are humorous and drag in even quirky humor. For example, Babe Ruth sends a foul ball into the stands and accidentally breaks a girl's iPhone...which he feels very bad about sense iPhones are rare because they don't exist yet. Of course, his bat is broke and he needs to hit the next home run with his arm. In other words, these stories are goofy and silly and simply ridiculous.
Another plus point is found in the plentiful illustrations. I'm always a fan of these in middle grade books, and this one holds more than a couple. It allows readers to get a better impression of what's going on, adds humor, and even builds a picture of Babe Ruth in their minds. Plus, it breaks up the flow. At 64-pages, this is one that even reluctant readers aren't going to be scared to pick up, and the illustrations make this one even more attractive.
If I can criticize anything, it's that I'm not sure middle graders will find this one quite as funny as adults will...unless they happen to be baseball and/or Babe Ruth fans. Some of the humor might not hit quite right for the younger age group. Still, I recommend this one, especially to reluctant reading sport fans, and have no doubt that it will draw more than a few snorts and giggles.
I received a complimentary copy through Netgalley and laughed my way through the entire book.
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April 24, 2021Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
October 31, 2020
This short chapter book will take you through the fictitious life of Babe Ruth. It is full of humorous historical cameos. I feel this book will connect with young boy audiences. All the things that they find funny, are filled throughout this book. Even though this book is only 55 pages, it covers a lot throughout his life. The chapters are short enough for those young readers who get distracted easily or are just learning to read.
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me a free read of this book. I will definitely be purchasing this book and more like it for our public library.
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me a free read of this book. I will definitely be purchasing this book and more like it for our public library.
March 20, 2013
Hilarious! We love Alan Katz and the LIEographies series. Frederator Books is genius. Genius, we tell you!
March 31, 2013
My oldest loves this book (actually, any book by Alan Katz). My husband was laughing out loud at it as well, so it's been good for bonding time for the boys.
May 27, 2013
I didn't like this much at all. It was a fake biography of Babe Ruth. Fans of Captain Underpants will probably enjoy it, me not so much.
July 23, 2013
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Reviewed from NetGalley copies. Thank you, INscribe Digital!
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