Children's Nonfiction Baseball & Softball
Le baseball
- Publisher
- Bayard Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- Baseball & Softball, Fitness & Exercise, Safety
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9782895792895
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $9.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 8 to 9
- Grade: 3 to 4
Description
Take me out to the ball game with Crabtree’s new book Baseball in Action. Children will learn the rules and skills involved in playing. Lively, full-color photographs help demonstrate such basics as pitching, fouling, and bunting. Necessary equipment and safety precautions are also covered along with: •the layout of a baseball diamond and player positions •catching and throwing techniques •when to run and when to stay put •different variations of baseball from slow pitch to cricket
About the authors
JOHN CROSSINGHAM has spent most of his life playing music and writing words. In addition to having edited with OKB, he is author of Learn to Speak Music. A veteran of numerous bands, including Broken Social Scene and Raising The Fawn, he has toured much of the world, played on Conan, Letterman, and the Junos, and has released several albums and EPs. He has also written and edited dozens of children's books, as well as written about music for FASHION and Chart magazines. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
