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3.0
Andrew Gutelle, Batter Up! (Golden Press, 1991)
Of the six new-to-us Golden Books that cropped up last week (this, The Fire Fighters' Counting Book, The Big Elephant, Bugs Bunny Marooned!, Some Ducks Have All the Luck, and Tickety-Tock, What Time Is It?), this one is kind of tied for second. Maybe third, because Bean passed it up originally on the second night, but after we had finished reading Tickety-Tock, he asked for this one. Simple story about two friends who join their local softball league. It seemed to me once or twice that the author had the emphasis on the wrong pieces of the storyline (specifically, there is not nearly enough about Alex's friend, who feels like a minor character for most of the book but ends up playing a major role), but it's an easy read for more advanced pre-litters in your house, and the story is engaging enough to keep the interest of the adult reader. Not a bad one. ***
Of the six new-to-us Golden Books that cropped up last week (this, The Fire Fighters' Counting Book, The Big Elephant, Bugs Bunny Marooned!, Some Ducks Have All the Luck, and Tickety-Tock, What Time Is It?), this one is kind of tied for second. Maybe third, because Bean passed it up originally on the second night, but after we had finished reading Tickety-Tock, he asked for this one. Simple story about two friends who join their local softball league. It seemed to me once or twice that the author had the emphasis on the wrong pieces of the storyline (specifically, there is not nearly enough about Alex's friend, who feels like a minor character for most of the book but ends up playing a major role), but it's an easy read for more advanced pre-litters in your house, and the story is engaging enough to keep the interest of the adult reader. Not a bad one. ***
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