baseball read aloud books

Be the first to ask a question about Goodnight Baseball. It may also be popular among little boys or girls who are interested in sports. Another book for upper elementary is Simon Bloom (the first 2 books are great! (i don't see a kindle option available here on Goodreads, i did read a kindle one not a hardcover, so amazing!!) As of this writing, she has a Babe Ruth biography in the works. Major League Baseball official historian John Thorn spent nearly 30 years writing the signature history of the game’s origins. It’s an essential read for stat researchers, just not an easy one. Contains author's note. Creamer did his work in an era long before online newspaper archives made information on Ruth easily accessible. She had a troubled family life, a difficult adolescence as she struggled with her sexual orientation, and an emotionally fraught college experience as a closeted gay athlete at a Christian university. We laugh so so hard at the Ramona (Beverly Cleary) series and the Fudge series (Judy Blume). So what’s not to like? This is an ENORMOUS plot hole. I'd like to receive the free email course. but it’s now a staple at our house – the girls love reading them and listening to them. So, this. I thought this was a cool book. I hadn’t read this one in YEARS, but when Ella and I read it together last year, I fully understood why it is such a classic. Celebrate by reading some of the best books ever about the National Pastime.

Lena Blackburne was a decent player, but not one that would be remembered like Babe Ruth etc. (Full review here). It shares plenty of sports terms and ends with him sleeping peacefully, most likely dreaming about baseball. It presents Alexander Cartwright as the true founder of baseball and relies on the now-suspect "Eight Men Out" by Eliot Asinof to tell the story of the 1919 World Series. All rights reserved. I would give this to second- and third-grade boys who love sports but still struggle to read. But John Thorn and Pete Palmer are among many other less-touted individuals who played a big role in making the topic mainstream. Recommended for grades 2-4. Oh my goodness. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Yet all-female nines took the field everywhere. 30 read-aloud recommendations for preschoolers or kindergarteners, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. This is such a fun twist on the classic story of Peter Pan. It’s fantastically written and has the community working together. Before a game, the baseballs would be prepped so they weren't as slick. Mary Poppins by P.L. Good book, short and sweet, w. This is a great read for baseball fans, young and old. He tried playing every position for many different teams, but he just wasn't good enough. They even have parts of it memorized and read it with me. I love the modern take on Goodnight Moon. It's about the man, Lena Blackburne, who discovered the secrets of Delaware River mud in preparing baseballs for game play. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. If there was anything in the world better than playing baseball, Marcenia Lyle didn't know what it was. I realize that the Great Brain stops the plans and finds ways to help Andy feel useful again which is the wonderful part of Andy’s story, but still…. I tried reading Redwall but I couldn’t stand the written vernacular.
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library was great to read aloud with my kids. Here are some great picks for elementary schoolers. This is the perfect bedtime book and we recommend it for children 2 to 7 years old. This book was about Lena Blackburne who "found" a mud that is used on baseballs.

Matilda is my favorite! Refresh and try again. Welcome back. It is much loved. And The Chronicles of Narnia is always a good choice as well. Oh my heavens, I love Caddie Woodlawn.

by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle, Pete The Cat: Five Little Ducks by James Dean, Pete The Cat: Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litwin & James Dean, Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin & James Dean, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney, Pete The Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean, Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Finally my son and I really enjoyed the Wolf Brother series by Michelle Paver.

Amen to The Penderwicks—my kids are doing it audio in the car right now and make up places to go to listen. It’s so fantastic and I can only hope my daughters grow up as well as Sara Crewe (hopefully without the orphan bit). The breaking of baseball’s color barrier in 1947 was about more than just Jackie Robinson or Branch Rickey. Welcome back. My preschooler loved it. My boys also enjoyed The Mouse and the Motorcycle series. It’s Right Here! The words are also large enough that slightly older children can see the words that are being read them. Loved this great baseball book with a take on. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Referencing primary documents from league owner Arthur Meyerhoff and others, the book offers a unique perspective inside the AAGPBL and examines its rise and fall, with an emphasis on league and team administration. This was a wonderful picture book for toddlers.

Seriously funny! When he was unable to achieve those goals, he became a coach.

Another to add to my baseball collection. My students loved it. Their male Tennessee voices were perfect for the yarn. I have a few that we’ve loved. Curveball chronicles Toni Stone’s remarkable career facing down not only fastballs, but jeers, sabotage, and Jim Crow America as well. I completely missed why Blackburne’s mud is so special that no one else ever founded a competing mud business. Everntually, Lena made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but not as a baseball player. You might be stuck at home, but FaceTime or Google Hangouts mean you can chat with cousins about favorite books or read along with grandparents. Baseball players in the past tried many ways to get rid of the shine - soaking them in water, spitting on them, and shoe polish but all of these had drawbacks. After a chance conversation with an umpire about soggy baseballs, he happened upon some mud near a New Jersey river that would make the balls less shiny. Debra A. Shattuck pulls from newspaper accounts and hard-to-find club archives to reconstruct a forgotten era in baseball history.

The Doll Collection by Lisa Pinkham has been a huge favorite. For someone who does not really enjoy nonfiction books, this was a pretty enjoyable read!

Players used to soak the balls in water, spit on them, or use shoe polish to make them easier to throw and hit. A short, snappy read aloud about baseball and mud. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. What a fantastic list! by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle, The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers, Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean & Eric Litwin, Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Just looking at this list makes me happy – there are so many good books to read aloud here that we’ve enjoyed in the last year or that I can’t wait to bring out soon. Another in Sports Illustrated Kids' Goodnight Sports series, this one is a little easier to get into than Goodnight Football, as it requires less knowledge of the sport to understand. I found this footnote on baseball's history quite interesting since the mud made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s silly but they are learning a little and enjoy it. A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett Overall, though, this is the best Hall of Fame book anyone’s done, an entertaining and influential work. ), but she still really enjoyed it and I think now she’d be all in. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a haunted house. That doesn’t usually get written about baseball books.

Is that the only nonfiction being offered for K-3? He watched it, he played it, he coached it. This book was a home run for me! My seven year old granddaughter loved Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. It lays out in superb detail how Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Marvin Miller led the successful fight in the 1960s and ‘70s to topple the Reserve Clause and bring about free agency. Below are a few mom favorites for anyone looking to pick up a book and cozy up with their big kids for storytime tonight: The Mighty Miss Malone. Publicity and promotional philosophy and practices receive particular attention. This is on my list to read to the girls soon. This delightful book shares everything this young lad loves about baseball. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published And if you don’t have the bandwidth to read aloud yourself, these are great books to listen in audiobook form too! I always love seeing Tuesday’s at the Castle on book lists because the author is the sister of my high school AP English teacher. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck Lena Blackburne only dream was to be a great baseball player. Most of these are going to be a little advanced for a 4 or 5 year old, but are perfect read aloud books for …

Lena Blackburne may not have been a star player, but his was included in the Baseball Hall of Fame and is used by players and teams to this day. This Newbery winner, about a gorilla who lives in the saddest little mall in the land, is completely terrific. A solid common core book and a fun book to share. Rumaan Alam began writing Leave the World Behind with a series of tweets on a secret Twitter account he started two years ago. Simple text tells story of Lena Blackburne who loved baseball but didn't play well enough to be famous. Ella is reading it right now and it just about kills me that she’s reading it without me. HA! This is one of those ones that’s new but feels like a classic. In this picture book for older readers, find out how, in the 1930s, Lena Blackburne discovered a “secret ingredient” to give pitchers an easier grip on their baseball.

Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles, accomplished what no woman had done since the Negro Leagues era: play men’s professional baseball. This book describes a typical baseball game. As much as I love baseball, I'd love to see something else. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster In his 2001 masterwork on baseball history, he offered comments and ratings on 900 players, recounted 13 decades of baseball history, and introduced Win Shares, his metric for total player value. Its chapter on George Davis might have helped get the Deadball Era star enshrined in 1998. Rascal is the right name for sure. Charlotte’s Webb is also one I read to my students each year as well as Tail of Despereaux and Bud Not Buddy.

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