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 Baseball Stories for Young Children
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| Berenstain, Stan. The Berenstain Bears Go Out for the Team |
Brother and Sister Bear are such good baseball players that Papa Bear decides they should try out for the Bear Country Cub League. | |
| Day, Alexandra. Frank and Ernest Play Ball | With the help of a baseball dictionary so they can learn the necessary language, an elephant and a bear take over the management of a baseball team. | |
| Isadora, Rachel. Luke Goes to Bat |
Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying. | |
| Isadora, Rachel. Max |
Max finds a new way to warm up for his Saturday baseball game--his sister's dancing class. | |
| Johnson, Angela. Just Like Josh Gibson | A young girl's grandmother tells her of her love for baseball and the day they let her play in the game even though she was a girl. | |
| Kraus, Robert. Mort the Sport |
Mort's attempts to excel at playing both baseball and the violin make him so confused that he decides to take up chess instead. | |
| London, Jonathan. When the Fireflies Come |
A group of friends enjoy being outside on a beautiful summer evening, from playing baseball to chasing fireflies, until their parents call them home for the night. | |
| Mammano, Julie. Rhinos Who Play Baseball |
Baseball-playing rhinos crack dingers out of the park, rip grass- cutting grounders across the field, and rally in the bottom of the ninth. Includes a glossary of " catch phrases." | |
| McCully, Emily Arnold. Mouse Practice | Monk the little mouse learns from his parents that practice is the way to succeed--whether it is in playing baseball or in playing music. | |
| McGrath, Barbara Barbieri. The Baseball Counting Book | Uses the numbers from one to twenty to introduce various aspects of the game of baseball. | |
| Rey, Margaret. Curious George Plays Baseball |
Curious George's natural inclination to find out more about everything leads him to interfere with a baseball game. | |
| Tavares, Matt. Zachary's Ball |
Dad takes Zachary to his first Boston Red Sox game where they catch a ball and something magical happens. | |
| Tryon, Leslie. Albert's Ballgame |
As springtime comes to Pleasant Valley, everyone who is anyone, which is of course everyone, plays ball. | |
| Uhlberg, Myron. Dad, Jackie, and Me | In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson. | Easy Readers |
| Adler, David A. Young Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery | When a baseball game is stopped because of a lost ball, Cam uses her photographic memory to find the ball. | |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly. Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat | Although he can't hit or catch, Ronald Morgan loves to play baseball; but he's got a lot of spirit and with a little practice maybe that's all he'll need. | |
| Herman, Gail. Double-Header | Bob and Rob Headley, a two-headed monster, love doing everything together, especially playing catcher on a team in the Little Monster League. | |
| Hoff, Syd. The Littlest Leaguer | Littlest of all the little leaguers, Harold has a hard time finding some way to really help his team. | |
| Hoff, Syd. Slugger Sal's Slump | As Slugger Sal slips deeper into a slump, he wonders if he is washed up as a baseball player. | |
| Hooks, William H. Mr. Baseball | A Little Leaguer suffers the enthusiastic activities of his baseball-loving five-year-old brother. | |
| Kessler, Leonard P. Old Turtle's Baseball Stories | While gathered around the wood stove in winter, Old Turtle tells his friends unbelievable baseball stories of Cleo Octopus, Melvin Moose, Clara Kangaroo, and Randy Squirrel. | |
| Kramer, Jennifer E. Good Luck, Charlie |
Charlie tries to use lucky charms to win a baseball game, but all he really needs is his lucky pitching arm. | |
| McCully, Emily Arnold. Grandmas at Bat | Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take over coaching her baseball team and create chaos. | |
| Prager, Annabelle. The Baseball Birthday Party | Billy decides to have a party to show the other kids that he can play baseball, but his young helper's mistake almost spoils the plan. | |
| Meister, Cari. Game Day | Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game. | |
| Oechsli, Kelly. Mice at Bat | When the human baseball game is over, two teams of mice take over the ballpark to play their own championship ball game. | |
| Parish, Peggy. Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia | Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game. | |
| Rubin, Jeff. Baseball Brothers | Two young baseball fans can't get tickets to Henry Aaron's last game of the year, but instead they unexpectedly meet the famous athlete in person. | |
| Sharp, Paul. Paul the Pitcher | Rhymed text describes the different things Paul enjoys when he throws a ball. Includes word list. | |
| Stadler, John Hooray for Snail! | Slow Snail hits the ball so hard during a baseball game that it flies to the moon and back. Will Snail have time to slide in for a home run? |