Let S Play Ball

A young boy loves to play with all kinds of balls.

Can you catch a ball? What else can you do with a ball? There are lots of different kinds of balls. What games can we play with balls? What do you like to do with a ball?

Among amber-lit paintings, a writer and baseball enthusiast transport readers to the field of dreams with intriguing stories, facts, quotations, and stats about baseball's inspiring legacy. Janssen recalls baseball's legends and personal memories with keen detail and tender humor. This tribute is a gift that scores a smile and a special place among treasured baseball possessions.

Best friends Pup and Duck can't agree on which game to play. Read along to find out how they solve the problem in a way that makes them both happy. Let's Play Ball is a charming story of friendship, disagreements, problem-solving, and compromise for beginning readers by Children's Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt with warm and winning illustrations by Rafael Domingos.

Jorge loved the feel of the ball in his glove, the bat in his hand, and the game of baseball. Day and night he would play with his sister, his father, and his friends. At night he dreamed of baseball. When he and his mother visit New York and he sees Yankee Stadium for the first time, he knows there is only one way to get there: work hard and play ball. Based on the childhood of New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, this is the story of a boy from Puerto Rico who grew up to be a champion.

Javier loves playing baseball. He wants to prove to everyone that he's a great pitcher. But his nerves get the best of him. With help from an alien friend, will Javier have the chance to run the bases, or will he be stuck in the dugout? This graphic novel includes educational sidebars such as a quick history of baseball, a social emotional tie-in, and a pro athlete biography. Backmatter includes an activity page and character information.

Miranda is a bright, attractive woman with an important government job, a nice home, and a prominent lawyer husband. Her fraternal twin sister, Jessica, is a sportswriter who has spent years sacrificing her social life and conventional career prospects to establish a magazine. Jessicas publication has finally caught on after she receives renown for an article she writes about local baseball star Manny Chavez and his perilous journey back to his native Cuba to retrieve his abducted son. Jessica, now engaged to Manny, invites Miranda, her husband, and their parents to join her in a luxury suite to watch the hometown Washington Filibusters take on their archrivals, the Florida Keys, in a championship game. As they are wined and dined by the team owner, Miranda envies her sisters seemingly perfect life and faces the reality that her own is a facade. But when the forces of revenge and corporate greed catch up to the perfect couple and blow their world apart, Miranda is suddenly thrust into a world of international politics. Lets Play Ball dramatizes the struggles of two ambitious sisters against the backdrops of immigration, global conflict, and the nations pastime.