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7) I got it!
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In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
11) Game day
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Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game.
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A mother and daughter embark on gender-defying quests when the girl tries out and makes the all-boy baseball team and the bricklaying single parent lands a job constructing a patio. Rhythmic, single-word phrases pepper the accompanying illustrations to depict the hard work that goes into going after dreams and the following celebration of success.
15) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
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Inspired by real events in 1948, the story describes eight-year-old Stephen Satlow's life in Brooklyn, New York, and his obsession with the Dodgers baseball team. When Stephen's all-Jewish neighbors protest the arrival of an African American family to their neighborhood, Stephen decides to befriend the new neighbor who turns out to be Jackie Robinson himself. The friendship that develops teaches Stephen many lessons and binds the Christian and Jewish...