Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball |
Publication Information
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Author: Cook, Sally & Charlton, James |
Illustrator: MacDonald, Ross |
Title: Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 13:978-1-4169-1207-1 & 10 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
easy reading, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
This light-hearted, information packed story of baseball provides a very readable journey of baseball from its infancy to the present. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Brainstorm what the arguments would be between an umpire of today and one of the Greats of yesterday. The book might be used as a springboard to further reading about baseball. It could be used effectively with newspaper study of the sports section. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Matrices or Charts
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
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