Babe Ruth and the Boy He Helped Get Better

While this timeless story has been passed on from generation to generation, only now has this story been the subject of a children’s book. But here it is, with the 100th anniversary on the horizon. It is the story of how baseball immortal Babe Ruth, who loved kids, helped improve the spirits of an ailing fan named Johnny Sylvester, and enabled him to recover. Babe Ruth and the Boy He Helped Get Better (written by A.J. Chilson and illustrated by Earl Haughton) not only discusses Johnny’s condition and what Babe did to help the child, but most importantly it delves into what happened in the years that followed. Indeed, Babe and Johnny’s friendship lasted well beyond just a simple good deed of a baseball legend.