Spring 2020
Karen Boss at Charlesbridge has acquired world rights to Balletball by Erin Dionne (l.), illustrated by Gillian Flint. The picture book features a reluctant baseball player who brings her love of ballet to the outfield and, with twirls and pliés, ends up leading her team to victory.
Here are all the books we shared this week, plus a few more:
Picture Book Nonfiction
Corey, Shana Players in Pigtails
Hopkinson, Deborah Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
Hubbard, Crystal Catching the Moon
Mackall, Dandi Daley A Girl Named Dan
Vernick, Audrey She Loved Baseball
Vernick, Audrey The Kid from Diamond Street
Adler, David A. Mama Played Baseball
Gorin, Leslie Elly and the Smelly Sneaker
Johnson, Angela Just Like Josh Gibson
Middle Grade Fiction
Alpine, Rachele You Throw Like a Girl
Bishop, Jenn The Distance to Home
Butler, Dori Hillestad Sliding Into Home
Clark, R. M. The Secret at Haney Field
Cochran, Mick The Girl Who Threw Butterflies
Cristaidi, Kathryn Baseball Ballerina and Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out
Day, Karen No Cream Puffs
Gutierrez, Amy Smary Marty Steps Up Her Game
Higgins, Carter A Rambler Steals Home
Klages, Ellen Out of Left Field
Lord, Bette Bao The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Mozer, Stacy Barnett The Sweet Spot and The Perfect Trip
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Girls Take Over (Boy/Girl Battle Series)
Park, Linda Sue Keeping Score
Testa, Maria Some Kind of Pride
Tripp, Valerie Kit's Home Run (American Girls Short Stories)
Young Adult Nonfiction
Ignotofsky, Rachel Women in Sports
Yomtov, Nel The Belles of Baseball
Young Adult Fiction
Griffiths, Sara Throw a Curve
Hui Lee, Kris Out of Left Field
White, Ellen Emerson A Season of Daring Greatly
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