Baseball is one of my favorite sports (along with hockey) and today is Opening Day! My beloved Chicago Cubs have their home opener tomorrow, against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field. One of these days I will find the time and the money to enjoy a game at Wrigley Field, maybe next summer. But for now I will just revel in the fact that my beloved sport is back for another season.
Being a librarian I had to share my love of baseball with my young readers and thus created a "Swing into Spring" baseball themed display (sorry no pictures, kept forgetting my camera at home). So I thought I would share with you some of my favorite baseball related books. There are plenty of baseball non-fiction and player biographies, head to your local library and swing into spring with a great baseball read!
Lou Gehric: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler, illustrated by Terry Widener, Voyager, April 1, 2001.
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares, Candlewick Press, January 12, 2010.
Baseball Hour by Carol Nevius, illustrated by Bill Thomson, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, February 1, 2008.
The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles, Harcourt, August 2007.
Raymond & Graham: Bases Loaded by Mike Knudson, illustrated by Stacy Curtis, Viking Juvenile, March 2010.
Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and My Best Summer Ever by Wes Tooke, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, February 2010.
Brooklyn Nine by Alan M. Gratz, Penguin Young Readers Group, March 2009.
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