Goodnight Baseball
By Michael Dahl
In rhyming text a little boy, home from a game, bids goodnight to all the sights and sounds of a baseball game.
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
By Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by Jez Tuya
All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played forever. William "Dummy" Hoy became one of the greatest and most beloved players of his time!
42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero
By Doreen Rappaport
An eye-opening look at the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and became an American hero.
Babe Ruth
By Guernsey Van Riper
A narrative portrait of the iconic Baseball Hall of Fare inductee's childhood imagines his years spent in an orphanage and reformatory, his introduction to baseball by monks, and the influences that shaped his subsequent athletic achievements.
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
By Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made legendary American baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax so amazing. Accompanied by sidebars filled with statistics.
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Illustrated by C.F. Payne
An illustrated version of Thayer's famous poem about baseball.
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