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Author: Ken Mochizuki
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 1430129824
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Author Ken Mochizuki reads his award-winning book. There is some soft background music, and a few gentle sound effects, but the power of the words need little embellishment...This treasure of a book is well-treated in this format." - School Library Journal
Author: Ken Mochizuki
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1430130334
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Listening to the story is even more dramatic than reading it. It should be purchased by every public and school library." - School Library Journal
Author: John Ritter
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-03-17
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780142402863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom Gallagher is in a tight spot. The fate of the Dillontown team rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. If Tom's team loses, they lose their field too. But how can they possibly win? Just when everything seems hopeless, a mysterious boy named Cruz de la Cruz rides into town and claims to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Dante Del Gato, Dillontown's greatest hitter ever. Since he walked away from the game years ago, Del Gato hasn't spoken a word to anyone. But now he might be Tom's only hope for saving his hometown. From the award-winning author of Over the Wall and Choosing Up Sides comes this imaginative tale of one boy's struggle to preserve the spirit of the game he loves.
Author: Frank Murphy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2008-02-26
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 0375841849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll across the country in 1919, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America's national pastime, so it is up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball.
Author: Stacey May Fowles
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2017-04-11
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0771038712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNational Bestseller A Globe and Mail Best Book A National Post Best Book of the Year A passionate ode to baseball, its culture, and its community, which both celebrates and challenges the game – and reminds us why it really matters. For Stacey May Fowles, the game of baseball is one of "long pauses punctuated by tiny miracles." In this entertaining and thoughtful book, Fowles gives us a refreshingly candid and personal perspective on subjects ranging from bat flips to bandwagoners, from the romance of spring training to the politics of booing, from the necessity of taking a hard look at players' injuries and mental health issues to finding solace at the ballpark. Fowles confronts head-on the stereotype that female fans lack real knowledge about the game, and also calls out the "boys will be boys" attitude and its implications both on and off the field. She also shares her reverence for the no-hitter, her memories of going to the ballpark with her dad, and the challenges of falling in love with someone who didn't like baseball. Throughout the book, she offers exhilarating snapshots of the Toronto Blue Jays' 2015 and 2016 seasons, and gathers a selection of inspiring "baseball life advice" quotes from players and others that provide unexpected insight into how we could all live better lives. With remarkable verve, intelligence, and an unabashed enthusiasm, Fowles explores how we can use the lens of baseball to examine who we are. And in this passionate ode to the game, its culture, and its community, she reminds us that although baseball can break your heart, it will always find a way to make it whole again.
Author: Dona Herweck Rice
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2012-01-30
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781433336799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a brief overview of baseball, including the breaking of racial barriers, women in baseball, and profiles of notable players.
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009-06-29
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0547531788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during World War II. Among those rounded up and taken to the internment camp were Laura's father, then a small boy, and his parents. Now Laura says goodbye to Grandfather in her own special way, with a gesture that crosses generational lines and bears witness to the patriotism that survived a shameful episode in America's history. Eve Bunting's poignant text and Chris K. Soentpiet's detailed, evocative paintings make the story of this family's visit to Manzanar, and of the memories stirred by the experience, one that will linger in readers' minds and hearts. Afterword.
Author: William B. Mead
Publisher: Broadcast Interview Source, Inc
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780934333382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe bumbling St. Louis Browns won their only pennant during World War II, while Williams, DiMaggio, Feller and other stars were in uniform fighting--or playing ball--for Uncle Sam. This is the hilarious history of that era.
Author: Marissa Moss
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1613124937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss’s rich text and Yuko Shimizu’s beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.
Author: Bill Staples, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-08-12
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0786485248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile the story of the Negro Leagues has been well documented, few baseball fans know about the Japanese American Nisei Leagues, or of their most influential figure, Kenichi Zenimura (1900-1968). A talented player who excelled at all nine positions, Zenimura was also a respected manager and would become the Japanese American community's baseball ambassador. He worked tirelessly to promote the game at home and abroad, leading goodwill trips to Asia, helping to negotiate tours of Japan by Negro League All-Stars and Babe Ruth, and establishing a 32-team league behind the barbed wire of Arizona's Gila River Internment Camp during World War II. This first biography of the "Father of Japanese-American Baseball" delivers a thorough and fascinating account of Zenimura's life.
