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DIARY OF A SPIDER By Doreen Cronin Pictures by Harry Bliss...
Nothing like a diary to give you a glimpse of somebody's inner life. In this diverting follow-up to 2003's Diary of a Worm, also by Cronin and Bliss, Spider confesses his greatest fears--Daddy Longlegs, vacuum cleaners and people with big feet--and shares his grandpa's secret of longevity: Never fall asleep in a shoe. He talks about his unlikely friendship with Fly, whose forebears used to be the enemies of spiders. "Things are different now," says Spider, although Fly sometimes accidentally gets stuck in his web, to the horror of Fly's mother. Worm...
...mind, if not in reality--by Fran Tarkenton, Mary Tyler Moore and blizzards. Carew's feats have gone virtually unnoticed by the national press ... Even when it comes, recognition has sometimes been careless and absentminded, casually askew. In Carew's playroom is a 2-ft.-high trophy--the Joe Cronin Award--all polished wood and gleaming brass. The American League presented it to the great lefthanded hitter in recognition of his fourth consecutive batting championship. On top of the trophy stands the likeness of a batter--a righthanded batter. Carew is fonder of the Medal of Honor given...
...said. ?I was wondering because, well, we?re looking into it, and I guess, as it turns out, I guess I?m related to Joe Cronin...
...Sure,? I said. ?A great Sox. Player and manager, one of the very few uniform numbers that have been retired by the team. His number?s up there on the right-field wall with Ted?s and . . . ? I unloaded all that I knew about Cronin. ?Unfortunately, I don?t think Joe?s in the book. It doesn?t reach quite that far back...