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Loory, Ben

The Baseball Player and the Walrus

32 pp. | Dial | February, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3951-2 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Alex Latimer. A rather improbable premise--a professional baseball player adopting a walrus--presents a lighthearted stage for addressing the stresses and pleasures of pet ownership. The ballplayer's peripatetic career conflicts with his desire to be with his walrus, but all is resolved with a career change. Latimer's bright-hued cartoons capture the silliness of Loory's story without diminishing the seriousness of animal welfare.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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