THE BASEBALL HOUR


This post could just as easily be titled "good summer plans gone bad". :) Not really bad, but certainly awry.

Starting out the summer with the best of intentions, I thought my boys and I would have a great time studying baseball and the history of the sport. I had saved a "History of Sports" unit study for just that moment in time when I knew my boys would love it!

I got online and ordered books-- lots of fun books from the library about baseball, baseball players and other aspects of the game-- we planned on taking in a local game or two as well... then, just the week that we were to begin, dd#3 was hospitalized for a few days. Oh, well- priorities certainly change in these situations.

We put off starting for while. There was recovery time that required my attention... and my beautiful grandson was born, and then... life got the better of us. But still, there was this wonderful basket of books just waiting to be enjoyed.

So, at night before bed we read about "the Babe". While holding my grandson I read to the boys about "Shoeless Joe Jackson"... and we have had fun. Not the kind I had planned for, but fun none the less!So, here is our "bookbox" (basket ;)) of baseball books!

The Legend of the Curse of the Bambino by Dan Shaughnessy
Home Run by Rober Burleigh
Zachary's Ball by Matt Tavares
Major-League Batboy by Chuck Solomon
Lou Gehrig - The Luckiest Man Alive by David A. Adler
The Baseball Hour by Carol Nevius
Roberto Clemente Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates by Jonah Winter


Babe Ruth Saves Baseball by Frank Murphy
Take me out to the Ballgame by Jack Norworth
Hank Aaron Brave in Every Way by Peter Goldbock
Mudball by Matt Tavares
The Longest Season by Cal Ripken, Jr.
Louis Sockalexis Native American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Wise
Shoeless Joe and Black Besty by Phil Bildner
The Shot Heard Around the World by Phil Bildner
Baseball The American Epic 25 Great Moments by Geoffrey C Ward and Ken Burns With S.A. Kramer
We Are The Ship The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

We also checked out Ken Burns Baseball Documentary from our library. It was a bit dry for my boys, but I chose some highlights to share with them.

Most of these books are listed in Cay Gibson's Picture Perfect Childhood-- a great resource that has a book (usually many books) for any topic that you can think of!

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