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32 pp.
| Cavendish |
February, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7614-5380-2$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Bill Thomson.
As in Nevius and Thomson's previous collaborations (Karate Hour, Building with Dad), the illustrations' eye-popping perspectives steal the show. Here, a multiethnic, coed team practices its skills. The rhyming text zips along as the mixed-media pictures capture distinct moments: in one double-page spread, a fly ball hovers--life size--on the right, while on the left, the outfielder waits, squinting, glove at the ready.