By Israel & Erik Nordin
NW Corner of Inches St. & NB Gratiot
The Bee Reader sculpture at the evolving MCEP Pollinator Park was installed in July of 2024. It will be open to extend gifts of small paperback books for young readers and mature readers. Each month the Bee Reader will have two paperback books available. One geared for younger readers and one for mature readers. Please come and check it out. Each month’s selection will be available on the MCEP website with the book’s description. If for some reason the books are not there just call us on 586 783 6008 and we will replenish the stock.
May Bee Reader Books
My Twenty Years in Baseball
By Ty Cobb
Edited by William R. Cobb
Introduction by Paul Dickson
By the time of his retirement in 1928, Ty Cobb had set ninety major league baseball records, many of which — including twelve batting titles and a .367 lifetime batting average — remain unsurpassed to this day. He was also a member of the first group of legends inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fiercely competitive and aggressive in his play, Cobb attracted controversy throughout his career. In this memoir, he reflects on a tumultuous era in baseball history as he recounts highlights from his twenty seasons with the Detroit Tigers.
The baseball legend offers observations and advice to players on hitting, stealing signs, base running, and other aspects of the game, along with assessments of his teammates and other contemporaries. Cobb’s candid reminiscences address his reputation for spiking opponents on the base paths and his suspension for attacking an abusive fan, an incident that led to the first professional baseball strike and the formation of the earliest players’ union. Unlike the usual ghostwritten sports autobiographies, this narrative consists of Cobb’s own words. Each chapter originally appeared as part of a newspaper serial in 1925, while the author was an active player. A rediscovered gem of sports history, this edition is the first commercial publication of Cobb’s recollections in book form.
Reprint of Memoirs of Twenty Years in Baseball, William R. Cobb, Marietta, Georgia, 2002.
African Animals Sticker Activity Book
By Jan Sovak
This entertaining little book puts a world of wild African animals — great and small — at your fingertips. Just arrange the stickers on the backdrop (shown on the inside covers) to create a dramatic African landscape. Thirty-two reusable images of a white rhino, leopard, lions, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamus, ostrich, and other creatures. You can create one exciting scene after another.