He began his career writing mostly humorous essays. Bestselling author dan gutmans jackie and me was named a parents choice book. If you want to learn more about dan or his books, stop by his web site. A guide to books by dan gutman a guide to books by dan gutman this printable guide includes discussion topics, activities, and research ideas to supplement each of dan gutmans middlegrade novels. My weird school author dan gutman talks about his top 3 book recommendations for young readers. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, dan has received nineteen state book. His work of fiction was the childrens novel they came from center field. When stosh gets hit on the head with a baseball, hes lucky to survive. This character has the power to travel through time whenever he holds a special baseball card in his hand. Publication order of kid who ran for president books. Four of dan gutman s funniest novels are now available together in a paperback boxed set for the first time. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The story follows joe stoshack, better known as stosh, who has the ability to travel back to any point in time by holding a baseball card. During this book joe gets hit by a ball in the head at his baseball game.
When stosh gets hit in the head with a baseball, hes lucky to survive. Ray and me baseball card adventure series by dan gutman. Gutman was born in new york city, moving with his family a year later to newark, new jersey, where on june 1, 1968, his father abandoned the family. Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. This book called the genius file never say genius by dan gutman is the sequel to mission unstoppable. Dan gutman ebooks epub and pdf format dan gutman ebooks. Another winner in a series that effectively blends fast paced.
Dan gutman became a published author in 1990 with it aint cheating if you dont get caught a nonfiction book. Browse dan gutmans bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The my weird school series and its several companion series center around arlo a. I am a member of sabr society for american baseball research, nwu national writers union, and scbwi society of childrens book writers and illustrators. All these products are based on the my weird school books and characters developed by dan gutman and jim paillot. Get ready to go back in time as stosh travels to 1920 to try to save rayand meets. Explore books by author, series, or genre today and receive free. Before becoming a childrens writer, gutman worked as a newspaper columnist and video game magazine editor. Dan gutman after recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game, stosh travels back in time to try to save ray chapman, a batter who was killed by a pitch in new york in 1920. Having written it in 1994, it was finally published by harpercollins in 1997. Dan gutmans ray and me is an excellent baseball fantasy story. Shoeless joes wife, katie sets stosh free and he tells katie and joe about. Get free delivery on everything overstock your online books store.
Dan gutmans most popular book is miss daisy is crazy. Macky is wacky my weird school series is vintage gutman. Having said that, there are two ways i can visit your school. Nov 21, 20 author of many wonderful books for children. Dan gutman ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. A guide to books by dan gutman printable 3rd 6th grade. Stosh decides to go back in time and try to save chapmans life. The novel that jump started dan gutmans penchant for book series is also one that took quite some time to publish having been rejected by 10 publishers in two years.
Many of his books are in his my weird school series and its sequel series as well as his baseball card adventures series. Dan gutman was born in new york city in 1955 and grew up in new jersey. At 2pm, im going to do a readaloud of my new my weird school book miss blake is a flake. Dan gutman has 228 books on goodreads with 236709 ratings. The talent show, the christmas genie, the homework machine, return of the homework machine, nightmare at the book fair, and getting air. He is best known for the popular young reader book series the genius files and my weird school. When he holds a baseball card, he feels a tingling sensation, and when it gets strong, is transported to the year that card was made and. In this particular story he travels through time in order to save. Dan gutman is an american author of childrens novels and nonfiction books. Dan gutman is the bestselling author of the several series of books for children, including the genius files, the baseball card adventures, the my weird school series, and others. Joe chooses to write about legendary baseball player jackie robinson, who broke the color barrier in the 1940s. When he was a boy, dan didnt like to read, and his books are most popular with reluctant readers today.
These are weird times, so i thought a little fireside chat might help. Actually, dan gutman grew up in new jersey and he writes on a laptop computer. Gutmans other notable works include the first book in the baseball card adventures series, honus and me, the. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Dan gutman books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. Then he learns about another player who wasnt so luckyray chapman, the. Dan gutman books, author biography, and reading level. What would you do if you had a chance to save someones life. Eddie air ball wants to win the finkle foods poetry contest for a chance to sink a milliondollar free throw at halftime of the. Infact, as a lifelong baseball fan, baseball is a regular theme in his books.
A boy named stosh travels back in time to see who is the fastest pitcher in baseball, but there are many twists along the way. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Ray and me by dan gutman 2009, hardcover signed baseball card adventures. It just took me a while to figure out the best way to do it.
With more than 12 million books sold, the my weird school series really gets kids reading. The books feature a boy, joe stoshack, who can travel through time when he touches old baseball cards. Stosh travels back in time to try and save ray, in the gripping ninth novel in this series. You can also watch these readalouds later, or on dan s web site. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninetytwo state book award nominations. In his foreword to the 2012 edition of the renaissance learning report what kids are reading, gutman writes. He played in little league as a kid, and one of the first magazine articles he ever sold explained the science behind the spitball, the scuffball, and corked bats.
The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, dan gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. When he was a kid, dan gutman always did his homework. This book was about a kid named joe stoshack who can travel through time with baseball cards. His homemaker mother adeline became a secretary and cared for dan and his older sister, lucy. Dan gutman was born in a log cabin in illinois and used to write by candlelight with a piece of chalk on a shovel. He attended rutgers university, planning on a career on psychology, but after a few years of graduate school, he decided that he instead wanted to pursue a career in writing. Doing homework becomes a thing of the past the unlikely foursome made up of a geek, a class clown, a teachers pet, and a slacker brenton, sam.
Joe stoshack has to write a report for school about a famous africanamerican who contributed to society. The book is about twins who have been added to an orginization called the genius files and to be in that group you have to be one of the smartest kids in the u. My weird school author dan gutman reads from one of his books here every weekday at 2pm east coast time, and hell keep doing it until the kids go back to school. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dan gutman books online. Get ready to go back in time as stosh travels to 1920 to try to save rayand meets babe ruth, tris speaker, and even harry houdini. Middle school is hard enough but throw in an out of control machine that does your homework for you, novels that come to life and trap you in their pages, and an extremely bizarre talent show competition, and it can be a real nightmare. Stosh is shocked when his enemy, bobby fuller, begs him for a favor. I have to balance my writing, family commitments, and free time. The wackiest road trip in history continues in book four of the new york times bestselling genius files series. I wish i could visit every school that invites me, but thats impossible. Dan gutman books list of books by author dan gutman. Dan gutman is an american writer of childrens fiction who lives in new york city. The last thing i remember was hearing somebody yell, call 911.
Below is a list of dan gutmans books in order of when they were first released. Heres a roundup of where you can find free books and listens from. He wants stosh to take him back in time to meet native american jim thorpean olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. This is funny to me, because writing humor was what i wanted to do when i got started back in 1978. Dan gutman has 217 books on goodreads with 237381 ratings. Get ready to go back in time as stosh travels to 1920 to try to save ray and meets. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of. Dan is the author of the new york times bestselling genius files series, as well as the internationally bestselling my weird school series. Dan gutman is the new york times bestselling author of the genius files series. The baseball card adventures is a novel series written by dan gutman. Youll learn the ins and outs of the equipment and events, find out how scoring is done, read about the history of the sport, and lots more. Paperback from learning links, see our free shipping offer and bulk order pricing.