You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?!

Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented “platooning,” a way to use players that revolutionized the game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like “Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.”

The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here’s a picture-book biography about the best, most beloved and entertaining manager in history!

Jonah Winter is the author of many award-winning books about baseball figures, includingRoberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates; You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!;and You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! His other stellar titles include Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book;Frida, a Parents’ Choice Gold Medal winner; and Dizzy, the recipient of Best Book of the Year citations fromBooklist, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, The Bulletin, and Kirkus Reviews.

Barry Blitt’s illustrations have appeared on the cover of the New Yorker and have also graced the pages of theChicago Tribune, the New York Times, Child magazine, and Entertainment Weekly. He is the illustrator of the children’s booksWhile You Were Napping by Jenny Offill and George Washington’s Birthday by Margaret McNamara, as well asOnce Upon a Time, the End: Asleep in 60 Seconds by Geoffrey Kloske.