CHILDREN'S
Released: March 11, 2011
"Ethics in sports lifts this above the usual sports saga. (Fiction. 10-14)"
Another episode in the life of 12-year-old baseball phenom Josh LeBlanc, introduced in Baseball Great (2009).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"Batter up! (Picture book. 6-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"But the relatively few fine baseball moments are surrounded by what seems like stuffing right out of the Patchwork Girl, while the meaning of Alex's sojourn in Ever After is obscured by the crowd. (Fantasy. 8-12)"
Baseball enthusiast Alex finds himself thrust abruptly into the midst of an otherworldly baseball series in which his team, the Cyclones, includes pitcher Dorothy Gale, Tik-Tok, Br'er Rabbit and Toad of Toad Hall.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"A worthy homage to a baseball legend. (author's note, photos, bibliography) (Picture book. 7-10)"
Matty and his father, avid Dodgers fans, are in the stands for the first game of the 1947 baseball season.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"An insight into baseball and America that is at once historical and timeless. (author's note) (Picture book. 6-10)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"The result is a multilayered portrait of a man who was content being remembered as a great Jewish ballplayer. (source notes, bibliography, resources) (Biography. 10-14)"
