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Batter Up!: You Can Play Softball (Game Day) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nick Fauchald
Creator: Ronnie Rooney
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2314100
Media: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10 x 0.3
ISBN: 1404811524
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3578
EAN: 9781404811522
ASIN: 1404811524
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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Condition: Brand New Glossy Hardcover...........as pictured........ships next day in bubble mailer
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An Encouraging Book November 2, 2007
"Batter Up! You Can Play Softball" by Nick Fauchald. Illustrated by Ronnie Rooney. Picture Window Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006.
This is another book in the encouraging "You Can Do It" series by Nick Fauchald. The premise of each book is that you can play ... whatever the game is...
You can play volley ball. You can play hockey. You can play softball.
The author has chosen words that tell young readers that they can play whichever sport that is the subject of the book. The softball book is some 24 pages long, but concisely contains a wealth of information about the basics of softball. The book is some 10 inches wide by some 10 inches tall...a hard bound square book that is nicely illustrated, with brightly colored drawings. The red uniforms of the "Cardinals" nicely offset the blue uniforms of the "Muskrats". Who picked the name "Muskrats", (and how many children know what a muskrat is?)
A summary of softball (pages 22 and 23) gives the game basics and there are summary little "windows" of remarks, on every other page, providing pertinent information for the little drama being played out. For example, on page 16, the "window" box explains that a foul ball counts as a strike but fouls can only add up to two strikes on the batter. Little Hannah, at bat, knows what the count is.
I particularly liked the supporting words the author has used, along with heartening drawings by the illustrator. For example, some fifty-odd years ago, when I was a young boy trying to learn the game, I had to use eye glasses. The illustrator has portrayed one young "Cardinals" player with eye glasses, which, of course, encourages today's young eye glass wearers. This book promotes young children to become actively involved in sports, and provides much information about softball.
For example, did you know that the National Softball Hall of Fame is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma? Both the writer and the illustrator have done a great job on this book.
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