The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Adler, David A.

Get a Hit, Mo!

32 pp. | Penguin | February, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01632-7 $14.99

(3) K-3 Penguin Young Readers series. Illustrated by Sam Ricks. A baseball-season follow-up to Geisel Award–winning Don't Throw It to Mo!. Still the smallest on his team, African American boy Mo will bat last and play right field in the game. But Mo listens carefully to Coach Marie and watches his teammates--and eventually has his big moment. Accompanying the perfectly pitched leveled text, Ricks's illustrations capture Mo's feelings and the game's movements.

Reviewer: Kari Allen