Who's on First?: Books About Baseball to Excite Young Readers (continued)

A Strong Right Arm
Ages: 10 & Up
Author: Michelle Y. Green  
Penguin Putnam Inc./Dial Books for Young Readers, $15.99 (Hard Cover)  

This five-foot-two, ninety-eight pound young woman's strong right arm led her all the way to three years of professional baseball play with the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns. Her struggles against the injustices of racism and sexism are told as matter-of-fact asides to her joy in playing baseball.

Fodor's Baseball Vacations
Ages: All Ages
Author: Margaret Engel    Author: Bruce Adams
Fodor's Travel Publications, $20.00 (Paperback)

For many hardcore baseball fans, the field of dream extends to the many Major League Baseball and minor league stadiums. So when on vacation, catching a game in another town becomes a wonderful pastime. This great book is THE travel guide for families of baseball fans--reviewing the authors' experiences on the road at during 34 well-planned baseball pilgrimages across the nation.

Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields
Ages: All Ages
Author: Lynn Curlee   Illustrator: Lynn Curlee
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.95 (Hardcover)

In this informed overview of America's ballparks, veteran nonfiction writer Lynn Curlee provides an historic and cultural look at baseball and of the ball fields that mark the game's evolution. His love for the game and for its parks is clear.

In 1952, 13-year-old David A. Mullany had an unquenchable need to play baseball but was faced with the friendly confines of his own backyard. Not content to give up on his game, David and his friends devised a way to play using a broomstick and perforated plastic golf ball. Learn how that backyard game evolved into a new national pastime.