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Take Me Out To The Ball Game

author: Kovalski, Maryann
A grandmother takes her two granddaughters to a ballgame. Includes music and text to the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (words by Jack Norworth; music by Albert von Tilzer).
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
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The Spy On Third Base

author: Christopher, Matt
A third baseman is sick with anxiety about whether or not to help his team by using his knack for knowing where the batter is going to hit the ball.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: baseball [X], anxiety, ability, baseball stories [X], baseball

Nate The Great And The Stolen Base

author: Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Nate the Great investigates the mysterious disappearance of the purple plastic octopus that his baseball team uses for second base.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340

Batter Up Wombat

author: Lester, Helen
An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
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Casey Back At Bat

author: Gutman, Dan
Presents a humorous sequel to Ernest Lawrence Thayer's classic "Casey at the Bat" with colorful illustrations and rhyming text.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: baseball [X], stories in rhyme, baseball stories [X]

Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia

author: Parish, Peggy
Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.
FIC
year: 6119
copies: 145
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 220
subjects: baseball [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction, baseball stories [X], sports stories, sports, athletics

How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball

author: Shannon, David
After Boss outlaws baseball in America, spring stops coming-- until a young boy beats the tyrant at his own game.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: baseball [X], baseball stories [X]

Frank And Ernest Play Ball

author: Day, Alexandra
With the help of a baseball dictionary so they can learn the necessary language, an elephant and a bear take over the management of a baseball team.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: elephants, bears, baseball [X], baseball stories [X]

Satch & Me

author: Gutman, Dan
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 73
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660

Joey Pigza Loses Control

author: Gantos, Jack
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 80
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800

Challenge At Second Base

author: Christopher, Matt
A series of setbacks have Stan Martin considering whether or not to continue playing baseball, but a mysterious note inspires him to stay with the game and to set his sights on winning the second base position.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: baseball [X], baseball stories [X]

Keeping Score

author: Park, Linda Sue
During the 1950s, young Maggie struggles to will her beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to a victory in the World Series and wishes that her friend Jim, a soldier in Korea, would answer her letters.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 69
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: baseball [X], family, friendship, family life, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), baseball stories [X], families

The Dog That Pitched A No-hitter

author: Christopher, Matt
"Mike's telepathic dog Harry is able to send him secret signals about the opposing players on the baseball field, but Mike's weak pitching arm requires them to find another plan to save the game.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570

The Lucky Baseball Bat

author: Christopher, Matt
Marty loses his lucky baseball bat, and his confidence along with it, and wonders if he will recover both in time to help the Tigers win the championship.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: baseball [X], self-confidence, baseball stories [X], sports fiction

Thank You, Jackie Robinson

author: Cohen, Barbara
A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old African-American man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman, Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's deathbed.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730

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