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Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
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Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball Hardcover - 2007

by Sally Cook; James Charlton; Ross MacDonald (Illustrator)

Young readers are taken back to the early years of baseball, where they find out what the game was like before there was a pitching mound or players had numbers on their jerseys. Sprinkled throughout are definitions of baseball's wackiest terms, as well as trivia. Full color.


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  • Title Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
  • Author Sally Cook; James Charlton; Ross MacDonald (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Illustrated.
  • Pages 56
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books, NY:
  • Date February 27, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781416912071 / 141691207X
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 11 x 0.4 in (22.86 x 27.94 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 5
  • Reading level 1050
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball - History, Baseball - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006008132
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2007, Page 84
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 02/01/2007, Page 247
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2007, Page 213
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2007, Page 428
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 01/15/2007, Page 71
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/08/2007, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2007, Page 225

About the author

Sally Cook's first book for children was Good Night Pillow Fight, illustrated by Laura Cornell. Ms. Cook is also the co-author, with Gene Stallings, of Another Season, a New York Times bestseller. She lives in New York City.

James Charlton is the publications director for the Society for American Baseball Research, a founding editor of the Pushcart Prize, and a judge of the Casey Award, which is given annually to the best baseball book. He has written numerous books about baseball, and lives in New York City.

Ross MacDonald's illustrations have appeared in many magazines, including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and Time. He is also the author and illustrator of several children's books, including Another Perfect Day, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book; Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book and a Nick Jr. Magazine Best Book; and, most recently, Bad Baby. Mr. MacDonald lives with his family in Connecticut. Visit his website at www.Ross-MacDonald.com.

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