Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin Group)
Pages
48
Description
"From young to old, new to tried-and-true, here is the baseball book for every fan. With one or more baseball-related terms for each letter arranged in alphabetic order, accompanied by a stirring illustration, this gorgeous compendium celebrates America's game. Large paintings of scenes alternate with scrapbook-style pages. Facts, figures, faces, lists, and other information comprise an additional resource in the back of the book. As contemporary as today's sports page and as nostalgic as an old baseball card, this is an alphabet book for kids, their parents and grandparents that can be used all through the year." -- Provided by publisher.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
48 p.; 11.25 x 9.3 inches
ISBN
0803737114 / 9780803737112
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Lexile
800L
User reviews
LibraryThing member jennabear913
Large paintings of scenes alternate with scrapbook-style pages. Facts, figures, faces, lists, and other information comprise an additional resource in the back of the book. As contemporary as today's sports page and as nostalgic as an old baseball card, this is an alphabet book for kids, their
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parents and grandparents that can be used all through the year. Show Less
LibraryThing member LauraMcQueen
I loved this book! This book gives everything from A to Z that you should know about baseball. It would help anyone understand the game of baseball, even if they had never seen if before. I would love to have this in a future classroom especially so that all students who are not around baseball
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LibraryThing member Jill.Haner
Here is what I loved about the book: That the letter Q was for questions and the quotations that came from those questions, that there were stats up to 2010 at the end that gave great detail, that there was a diamond with the position numbers and names at the end, and finally that it had some great
What I did not like was that the great pictures had the people mostly with blank stares. Kids will probably be fine with it and really its relatively minor. I also didn't like that X wasn't a word but a glove stitch. But all in all I really liked it and I think its a great way to present the ABCs.
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pictures (I would guess water colors but it doesn't say) with no one ethnic group focused on.What I did not like was that the great pictures had the people mostly with blank stares. Kids will probably be fine with it and really its relatively minor. I also didn't like that X wasn't a word but a glove stitch. But all in all I really liked it and I think its a great way to present the ABCs.
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LibraryThing member widdowsd
This alphabet book is geared toward elementary students and gives several vocabulary words for each letter of the alphabet. It has detailed illustrations and students can build their knowledge of baseball.
Call number
J2A.008