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Cook, Sally , Charlton, James

Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball

48 pp. | McElderry | February, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-1207-1 $17.99

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Ross MacDonald. Baseball's days of yore receive a sunny treatment. Cook and Charlton's chatty text reveals enough tidbits to make the most fanatical fan happy. The narrative is peppered with baseball slang, helpfully glossed in the margins. MacDonald's nostalgic style is a crackerjack match of illustration to text; his predominantly yellow palette lends the whole a happily idealistic feel.

Reviewer: Vicky Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2007