Baseball season is coming to a close! To celebrate a great season (at least over here with our family in Little League land!), here are some great baseball-themed children's books that I wanted to share with you:
Catching the Moon is about a very determined young girl who is passionate about
playing baseball. When she's not playing baseball with the boys in her class, she's thinking or dreaming about it! All that she wants to do when she gets older is to become a professional baseball player. But being a young Black girl growing up in the 1930's,
that dream isn't likely to happen.
Thankfully (and what I like best about this story), Marcenia Lyle doesn't settle for "no" when she's told that she can't attend a baseball camp simply because she's a girl. She loves baseball so much that she continues to play with all her heart, deciding to show the coach just how good she is so that he'll have no choice but to take her.
Well, it works, and this true story has a happy ending as Marcenia Lyle becomes the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team! This inspiring story is a fantastic one for boys as well as for girls! This is one of our family's favorite stories!
Here are some other great ones:
playing baseball. When she's not playing baseball with the boys in her class, she's thinking or dreaming about it! All that she wants to do when she gets older is to become a professional baseball player. But being a young Black girl growing up in the 1930's,
that dream isn't likely to happen.
Thankfully (and what I like best about this story), Marcenia Lyle doesn't settle for "no" when she's told that she can't attend a baseball camp simply because she's a girl. She loves baseball so much that she continues to play with all her heart, deciding to show the coach just how good she is so that he'll have no choice but to take her.
Well, it works, and this true story has a happy ending as Marcenia Lyle becomes the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team! This inspiring story is a fantastic one for boys as well as for girls! This is one of our family's favorite stories!
Here are some other great ones:
 To boost morale (and beat boredom), a father and son decide to form a baseball league inside the Japanese internment camp where they were relocated during WWII. |  The inspiring true story of Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian who became the first Native American to play professional baseball. |
 With great skill and determination, William Hoy became one of the few deaf players in professional baseball. Another great, inspirational story by Lee & Low Publishing! |  The true story of the Accera family who were the longest-playing all-brother baseball team in baseball history! A great story about the beauty and power of a family! |
 From my favorite children's book illustrator comes a book that beautifully chronicles the history of Negro League baseball. |  The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman to ever be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame! |
 Fourteen Latino professional baseball players are featured in this picture book because of their great contribution to the sport between 1900 and 1960. |  A fantastically fun (and funny!) baseball-themed poetry book by award winning author/illustrator Douglas Florian. |
Have any family or student favorites that I've forgotten to include on this list? Please let us know in a comment below!
(Disclaimer: There are affiliate links included in this blog post, as I'm an affiliate of Schuler Books, a great independent bookstore here in Grand Rapids, MI. Purchasing from my links just gives me a small percentage of the retail price, helping me to offset costs of shipping when I do giveaways and things like that. Thanks for your support!)
(Disclaimer: There are affiliate links included in this blog post, as I'm an affiliate of Schuler Books, a great independent bookstore here in Grand Rapids, MI. Purchasing from my links just gives me a small percentage of the retail price, helping me to offset costs of shipping when I do giveaways and things like that. Thanks for your support!)
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