B Is for Baseball

Running the Bases from A to Z

By Staff, Chronicle Books LLC

Publishers Summary:
Filled with fascinating baseball facts and lore, B Is for Baseball is an alphabet book about America's favorite pastime. Chock full of incredible vintage photographs from the world-renowned American Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as distinctive line drawings, this volume covers intriguing details about the sport—from the number of stitches on a baseball to the three historic players who are known to have been the perfect infield combination. Readers will delight in learning baseball terms and history and about some of the most famous characters in baseball. B Is for Baseball is sure to excite curiosity about the game in young readers and baseball aficionados alike.

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ISBN
978-0-81186-096-3
Publisher
Chronicle Books


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2009

K-Gr 4 A handsome design and gorgeous black-and-white photos can cover a multitude of sins in a picture book. Here, the endpapers are attractive, and each letter of the alphabet is done in a large collegiate font. The background textures are rich: wool and felt, stars and stripes, baseball laces. The archival photos are beautiful: Phil Niekro's knuckleball and uniforms from th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

This volume uses an alphabet book format to define several baseball words for most letters. Entries include general terms (e.g., ball, cap, hom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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