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PreS-Gr 2 A refreshing and encouraging look at sports for those children who are not natural athletes. Beverly and her friend Oliver are experts at schoolwork and dinosaur lore, but lousy at softball, as Oliver realizes when the two are again picked last for the class teams. When they are told by one of the best ballplayers that being good at...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Brainy friends Beverly and Oliver, tired of being branded "losers" at sports, decide to devote the energy they usually reserve for school and dinosaur club to learning how to play softball. At first Beverly tries to teach herself by looking at books, but friendly librarian Mrs. Del Rubio (familiar to readers of Stadler's Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book) gently redirects her: "That's a very interesting approach, Beverly.... Have you ev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More