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Home Run : The Story of Babe Ruth
Author: Robert Burleigh, Mike Wimmer
Description: In this picture book, Burleigh uses poetry to introduce the legendary George Herman "Babe" Ruth. His brief poem celebrates Babe's love for the game and his amazing swing before taking readers and listeners through one at-bat and one mighty home run. Wimmer's large, realistic illustrations, done in oil paint on canvas, capture not only the essence of the man on the field but also his adoring fans.
Grade Level: 1-4
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Teammates
Author: Peter Golenbock
Description: The moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a major league baseball team and how on a fateful day in Cincinnati, PeeWee Reese took a stand and declared Jackie his teammate.
Grade Level: K-3
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Stealing Home : The Story of Jackie Robinson
Author: Barry Denenberg
Description: Jackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the first black man to play in the all-white baseball leagues, he was a symbol of courage, hope, and unity for all black and white Americans, and for people throughout the world. A fresh new biography of an American hero.
Grade Level: 5th
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The Sweet Diamond: Baseball Poems
Author: Paul B. Janeczko
Description: an extremely appealing suite of poems that illuminate the plays and dramatis personae from before the game to after the last out. These poems have sweetness and rhythm, and focus on the game itself, perhaps with minor league or local players; there are small, sure poems to pitchers and infielders, to vendors, and to the arts of signs and spitting.
Grade Level: 5th
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Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
Author: Peggy Parish
Description: Young readers will love to watch the fun grow as the literal-minded housekeeper Amelia Bedelia is recruited to play baseball with the Grizzlies, who are short one player before the big game, in a revised edition of the classic easy-to-read tale.
Grade Level: K-3
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Baseball Pals
Author: Matt Christopher
Description: Jimmie loses his head when he becomes the captain of his baseball team and makes himself pitcher. He nearly destroys the team--and his friendship with the oustedp
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Grade Level: 4-5
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The Hit-Away Kid
Author: Matt Christopher
Description: Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.
Grade Level: 4-5
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Ballpark
Author: Elisha Cooper
Description: This light-hearted look at a day in the life of a ballpark gives the youngest fans a sense of all the activities that go on at the ballpark besides the baseball game.
Grade Level: K-3
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The Kid’s World Almanac of Baseball
Author: Thomas G. Ayelsworth
Description: A completely updated collection of records and facts provides young fans with a complete history of the game, superstar profiles and statistics, baseball trivia, famous quotes, memorable moments, and a look at Little League.
Grade Level: 4-5
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