Baseball Books

Picture Books and Easy Readers

If I were a Major League Baseball Player by Eric Braun E BRAUN Ballpark by Elisa Cooper E COOPER Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey E COREY Baseball, Football, Daddy, and Me by David Friend E FRIEND Catching the Moon by Myla Goldberg E GOLDBERG The Littlest Leaguer by Syd Hoff ER HOFF Baseball by Holly Karapetkova ER KARAPETKOVA Take Me Out to the Takyu by Aasron Meshon E MESHON Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki J ILLUSTRATED FICTION MOCHIZUKI Zachary's Ball by Matt Tavares E TAVARES Albert's Ballgame by Leslie Tryon E TRYON Randy Riley's Really Big Hit by Chris Van Dusen E VAN DUSEN Playing Right Field by Willy Welch E WELCH I Got It! by David Wiesner E WIESNER

Chapter Books and Middle Grade Fiction

You Throw Like a Girl by Rachel Alpine J ALPINE Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories J BASEBALL Soar by Joan Bauer J BAUER The Kid Who Only Homers by Matt Christopher J PAP 1-C Prime Time Pitcher by Matt Christopher J PAP 1-C Free Baseball by Sue Corbett J CORBETT Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman J PAP 1-G Mickey and Me by Dan Gutman J SCI FI GUTMAN Fair Ball by Derek Jeter J JETER Heat by Mike Lupica J LUPICA Ballpark Mysteries by David A. Kelly J PAP 4-B Stealing Home by Paul Mantell J MANTELL The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter J RITTER Katie, Batter Up by Coco Simon J PAP 4-C Curveball: The Year I Lost my Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick J SONNENBLICK At the Plate with Ichiro J PAP 1-S Nonfiction

Baseball: Then to Wow! by Mark Bechtel J796.357 BAS The Baseball Book by Kevin Briand J796.357 BRI The Science of Baseball by Matt Chandler J796.357 CHA The Negro Leagues: Celebrating Baseball's Unsung Heroes by J796.357 DOE Matt Doeden The History of the Philadelphia Phillies by Michael Goodman J796.357 GOO Nick Plays Baseball J796.357 ISA Baseball by James Kelley J796.357 KEL Who is Baseball's Greatest Pitcher? by Jeff Kisseloff J796.357 KIS Play Like the Pros by Steven Krasner J796.357 KRA Heroes of Baseball: The Men Who Made it America's Favorite J769.357 LIP Game by Robert Lipsyte Fantasy Baseball Math by Allan Morey J793.93001 MOR The Chicago "Black Sox" Baseball Scandal by Michael Pellowski J796.357 PEL Baseball's Boneheads, Bad Boys, and just plain crazy girls by George Sullivan J796.357 SUL Don't Step on the Foul Line: Sports Superstition by George Sullivan J796.357 SUL Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer J811.54 THA Beisbol!: Latino Baseball Pioneers & Legends by Jonah Winter J796.357 WIN

Biographies

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man JB GEHRIG Ken Griffey Jr: Superstar Centerfielder JB GRIFFEY The Kid from Diamond Street: the extraordinary story of JB HOUGHTON baseball legend Edith Houghton Silent Star: the story of deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy JB HOY Derek Jeter: Shortstop Sensation JB JETER A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson JB JOHNSON You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! JB KOUFAX Queen of the Diamond: the Lizzie Murphy Story JB MURPHY The Funniest Man in Baseball: the true story of Max Patkin JB PATKIN 42 is not just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, JB ROBINSON American Hero Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth JB RUTH