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Author: Robin Nelson
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2017-08-01
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13: 154150559X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow does a piece of wood become a brand-new baseball bat? Follow each step in the process—from cutting the wood to shipping the bat to a store—in this fascinating book!
Author: Stuart Miller
Publisher: ACTA Publications
Published: 2011-11-15
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0879460024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Good Wood, New York Times contributor Stuart Miller takes readers on a journey through the rich and storied—and occasionally nefarious—story of the baseball bat and those who have made them and swung them. With over 50 photos, Miller reveals the creation, history, and development of the bat, brings readers up to date on modern methods and materials for making bats, and explores the folklore surrounding bats.
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Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA photo essay describing how baseball bats are made for the Hillerich and Bradsby company in Louisville, Kentucy.
Author: Robin Nelson
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
Published: 2017-08-01
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 151247746X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAudisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How does a piece of wood become a brand-new baseball bat? Follow each step in the process—from cutting the wood to shipping the bat to a store—in this fascinating book!
Author: Gene Logsdon
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1603584013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether as an adolescent studying at a seminary or as a journalist living just outside Philadelphia's city limits, Gene has always lived and worked close to the woods, and his curiosity and keen sense of observation have taught him valuable lessons about a wide variety of trees: their distinct characteristics and the multiple benefits and uses they have. In addition to imparting many fascinating practical details of woods wisdom, A Sanctuary of Trees is infused with a philosophy and descriptive lyricism that is born from the author's passionate and lifelong relationship with nature:There is a point at which the tree shudders before it begins its descent. Then slowly it tips, picks up speed, often with a kind of wailing death cry from rending wood fibers, and hits the ground with a whump that literally shakes the earth underfoot. The air, in the aftermath, seems to shimmy and shiver, as if saturated with static electricity.
Author: Tessa Kenan
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 27
ISBN-13: 151243762X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYikes, it's a vampire bat! Find out if vampire bats are really the stuff of legends or just another creature of the night in this carefully leveled text. High-quality photographs get readers up close and personal with these furry flying creatures, while critical thinking questions and a photo glossary introduce kids to nonfiction texts.
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: Robin Nelson
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2021-01-01
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 1728410002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow does a tree become a baseball bat? First, a tree is cut into logs. Then logs are cut and shaped. Next a machine carves them. Then the bat is sanded. Follow the process step by step.
Author: David Magee
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2009-05-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1633191095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAway from the game and the players for which it was crafted, the baseball bat is a sleek but humble creation. Yet in the hands of batters both young and old who have been stepping to the plate on diamonds around the world for more than a century, the bat is a powerful tool, capable of yielding lasting memories or making legends of a lifetime. And no bat has had more impact on baseball and the players of the game than Louisville Slugger, the tool of the trade used by millions-from the major leagues to college and youth leagues. In accordance with Louisville Slugger's 125th anniversary, the complete history of the bat, its impact on the game, and the ongoing story of Hillerich and Bradsby's family business is told in these pages. Blending firsthand stories from former and current major leaguers with details from more than 100 years of craftsmanship and contribution, this comprehensive history of baseball's bat and its impact on America's game is a must-have and must-read for anyone who has ever stood at the plate waiting on a pitch-or watched as a fan-hoping for a miracle.
Author: Bob Hill
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781582614342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrack of the Bat is a comprehensive and entertaining look at the most famous icon in the history of baseball, the Louisville Slugger bat. It includes the evolution of bats from pioneer wagon tongues to the sleek aluminum models of today. It examines the amazing physics involved in hitting a baseball, where .003 seconds means the difference between a home run and a foul ball. It tells the fascinating history of the still family-owned Hillerich & Bradsby Company, which in just 80 years went from making butter churns to making seven million bats a year. Reinforcing this are dozens of stories about the bats themselves, and the personal idiosyncracies of the most famous hitters in baseball history, including Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr. and Derek Jeter. The book explains why the players picked the bats they did, the amazing lengths they would go to to protect them, and how valuable these bats have now become in the hands of collectors. Illustrated with hundreds of archival photographs, baseball decals, and icons, many in color, this book will become as much a cherished keepsake as some of the bats it describes.
