We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente

by Trudie Engel

The biography of this star hitter tells of his youth in Puerto Rico and his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Genres: Biography, Childrens, Nonfiction, Sports

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

Reviews

[tate]

teaching an ESL class but like yes i did read it! im a good teacher duhr

[Jane Gomez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roberto Clemente was one of my heroes growing up on a farm north of Pittsburgh. I can remember summer evenings lying on the floor of our farmhouse listening to the Pirate ballgame and imagining how Clemente would jump and catch and bat. I was also lying on the floor listening to the radio when the announcer interrupted with breaking news on his plane going done. It was the first time in my life I cried over someone's death - marked me forever.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short book on Roberto Clemente. If you've got a kid that is into baseball, they'd probably enjoy reading this book.

[J.b. Likeric · Rating 3 out of 5]

short, quick book. Read it in the waiting room while my wife was at the Dr. Nice basic story about the like of Roberto Clements.

[Kenneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful recounting of a wonderful man. For a kids book, it covers a lot of ground and nicely touches on the racism that Clemente faced.
A good book that stresses solid values to kids.

[Holly Crumrine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well-written for kids. Appreciate the glossary of baseball terms in the back! Has aged well, in my opinion, in its discussion of racism.

[Yene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it! Being Puerto Rican it really touched me,and we have his posters in our garage. It is short and quick but amazing book.

[Creston CCSD #161 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a very informational story and he is important to sports.
-Jr, 5th Grade

[Yihan.wang · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read, “We’ll Never Forget You Roberto Clemente”, by Trudie Engel. This book is about Roberto Clemente who becomes a baseball player and what he did in his baseball life. My favorite part is when Roberto Clemente saw the baseball game and he liked the sport. He told his dad, I want to be a baseball player. I like this part because his said it and he did it, he used his time to do his dream, and did not just talk about it. I think the author wrote this book because Roberto Clemente is very important for baseball and maybe Trudie Engel thought other need to remember him, so she wrote it down.
I connected with this book because like Roberto Clemente who practiced really hard because he liked baseball, I like hockey and I practice very hard. Roberto Clemente wanted to be the best possible pitcher, and so he always gave himself more practice time. I want to get better at shooting the puck, and so I practice more. I learned from this book that if you want to get better at something, just use more time and work harder. Roberto Clemente started late at baseball,and so he just used more time to practice and practice. I think I can remember this book because it taught me to work harder if I want to better at something.

[Colin E.c.]

MC: I know that you just started this book. What do you think so far?

CC: I think it's a good book because it's well-written. It has a lot of details.

MC: Can you give me an example of a detail that struck you as important? How did the author start the book?

CC: Roberto Clemente grew up hitting tin cans with a broom stick.

MC: Do you think this helped him?

CC: Yes, because he could swing the bat faster.

MC: Cool. 12/24/2013

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

its a scholastic book for kids that i found at my afterschool job, i will return it i promise. i just love roberto.

i found some inaccuracies. im wondering who i should write a letter to.

[Kashmira Avashia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought of this book as a book you could learn from. How segragation really hurt people.I loved this book a lot and I highly reccomnd this book.
Nimesh Avashia

[Kevin Capell · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book it shows the life of a true hall of famer Roberto Clemente.It shows where and how he grew up,and where the tragic accident happened that ended his life.

[Najae · Rating 4 out of 5]

i didnt really like it,it was sad

[Nahin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book is the most awesome book and tells you all about Roberto's success. My favorite part was when he got married.

[Abe · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story goes all around the world. The end is very sad.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book for teaching foreign language, culture, diversity, perseverance, hard work... Easy read and good size print too.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gift used, a productive life, a tragic early end.

[Nana` · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was ok i read it in 5th grade

[Bailey Story · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be great for young boys who like sports. It tells about the life of Roberto Clemente and how he work very hard to become a Major League Baseball player.