Award-winning author Barb Rosenstock and acclaimed illustrator Terry Widener celebrate the life and famous words of Major League Baseball player and New York Yankee Lawrence "Yogi" Berra. An American icon, Berra struggled to be accepted by players, sportswriters, and fans early in his baseball career. This nonfiction picture book features Yogi's most famous sayings and shows how his dedication to baseball eventually paid off as he became one of the most renowned players and personalities in baseball history. Lawrence "Yogi" Berra loved his family, his neighborhood, his friends, and, most of all, baseball. He was crazy for it, ever since he was a young kid playing with friends in an abandoned dump. But baseball didn't love him back--at least not at first. Yogi was different; he didn't have the right look. When he finally made it to the Major Leagues, Yogi endured pranks and harassment from players, sportswriters, and fans.

Their words hurt, but made Yogi determined to show them all that he could do. Barb Rosenstock's dynamic text and Terry Widener's powerful illustrations reveal the talents, loves, and inspirational words of celebrated New York Yankee Yogi Berra, who earned a World Series ring for each finger, and who made baseball love him back.