Children::Baseball

Hyperion Books. As New in Very Good dust jacket 1992. Stated First Edition; Stated First Printing. Hardcover. 64 pages; Dust jacket has price on flap; wear to edges. Inside pages are in as-new condition with no writing, marks or tears. Lillian Morrison selects 44 poems written about baseball written by unknown writers to famous writers. <p> From front flap: "From moving portraits of some of baseball's greatest players, such as Roberto Clemente and Hammerin' Hand Aaron, to funny observations about the quirks of the game; from jump rope rhymes to such classics as Casey at the Bat and Take Me Out to the Ballgame, here is a poetry anthology with something for every young baseball fan. " . more information

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Scholastic, Inc.. Very Good+ 1999. Later Printing. Softcover. Inscribed, signed and dated (9/00) by author on title page. Lower right corner on front cover has fold mark; otherwise book is in very good+ condition with no writing, marks or tears. First Scholastic paperback printing, April 1999. Editorial Review from Booklist: "Ages 4-8. The awkward kid banished to right field catches the ball by mistake one day and saves the team. It's an archetypal story; and Welch's song about it has been recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Simont's sunlit pictures in watercolor and charcoal capture the ache of the outsider, the energy of the game, and the leap of the dreamer. At the center of the school yard are the strongest and fastest kids ("the last ones they picked were the worst") . Far outside the social scene, with his back toward us, the small awkward loner in cap and huge glove trudges to his post ... " ; Signed by Author . more information

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