Hey guys,
I JUST noticed that my Day 12 post did NOT got up!
I schedule them the night before so they’ll go up while I’m at work,
but the Day 12 done did not for some reason!
I found out tonight, published it, and it’s on the blog as being scheduled October 12th.
Yeah, a little bit of time travel; sorry about that!
Darn computer!
Here’s the link to that day just in case…it’s an awesome book!
This one caught my eye on the library website
because the publisher has an office in Plattsburgh, NY,
my hometown!
And it’s baseball.
And it’s about a Yankees fan.
I’m not one (Red Sox all the way!)
but I understood the conflict in this story perfectly 🙂
Title: The Bambino and Me
Published by: Tundra Books, 2014
Written by: Zachary Hyman
Illustrated by: Zachary Pullen
Word Count: 2001
Pages: 48
In one word: Baseball!
In one sentence: A young boy dreams of going to a Yankees game and meeting his idle…Babe Ruth…but in his wildest dreams, he never thought he’d have to go in a Red Sox uniform!
Favorite pages:
Likes:
I really liked the voice of the narrator kid. He’s sassy and smart and has some great vocabulary!
I love the conflict of having to wear the Red Sox jersey and how dramatic it is for the narrator. Kids go all in with emotions, and this is such a huge deal for George!
This could have gone cheesy when he meets the Babe, but it doesn’t. It still feels honest and the whole story sounds like something your grandfather would tell you.
I like the style of the illustrations too. So realistic, but tons of action and movement too.
Learns:
Again, there’s no topic under the sun that you can’t do if you approach it the right way!
Fiction can have many non fiction elements.
If you’re going to write a story about baseball or another specific topic, make sure you add a conflict in there that everyone can relate to like this book does. That way you have a larger audience for your story!
Read any good baseball books lately?
What did you read today?
We’re officially half way through…exciting, no?
