Book Detail

Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball

Publication Information
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:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    easy reading, nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):   

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:
bullet Matrices or Charts
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bullet Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
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Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Sports/Recreation > baseball
bullet Sports/Recreation > athletes > Ruth, Babe


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