baseball

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baseball

Baseball camp on the Planet of the Eyeballs

1998
On his way to baseball camp, a young boy is zapped to the Planet of the Eyeballs, where he teaches the inhabitants to play ball.

The mystery at the ballpark

1995
The Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. Includes baseball puzzles and activities.

Albert's ballgame

1996
As springtime comes to Pleasant Valley, everyone who is anyone, which is of course everyone, plays ball.

Leagues apart

the men and times of the Negro Baseball Leagues
1995
Tells the story of the Negro Leagues when Andrew "Rube" Foster, the Father of Black Baseball, organized the first Negro League in 1920, to when talented players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and James "Cool Papa" Bell were finally able to show their stuff.

Double play at short

1995
Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.

At the crack of the bat

baseball poems
1992
An illustrated collection of poems, by a variety of authors, about the game and personalities of baseball.

The trading game

1990
During a summer of baseball and baseball card trading, eleven-year-old Andy makes discoveries about his father, his grandfather, who played professional baseball, and himself.

The Boonsville Bombers

1991
Emma plans to convince her older brother's baseball team, the Boonsville Bombers, to let her play with them.

Thank you, Jackie Robinson

1974
A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old black man an enthusiasm for Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's death bed.

Finding Buck McHenry

1991
Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school custodian Mack Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as a coach for his Little League team by revealing his identity to the world.

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