tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post1551245954390395076..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: The Great Escape and Poetry (One Day Early)Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-7364990237824543152007-02-28T17:39:00.000-05:002007-02-28T17:39:00.000-05:00Hi, I did not want you to miss a brand new book I ...Hi, I did not want you to miss a brand new book I spotted at the weekend called Barnstormers: Three Kids, A Mystery, and a Magic Ball by Loren Long & Phil Bildner aimed at ages 7 - 10. Description quoted from the publishers site Simon and Schuster goes: "Griffith, Graham, and Ruby's father passed away in the war. And now they must join their mother and their father's wartime traveling Tallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072961005604839540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-41435952709859249462007-02-21T13:16:00.000-05:002007-02-21T13:16:00.000-05:00Tricia,I forgot the picture book ZACHARY'S BALL, ...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I forgot the picture book ZACHARY'S BALL, which was written and illustrated by Matt Tavares. If you're a Red Sox fan, this is a book for you.<BR/><BR/>Tavares did two other baseball books that I haven't read: MUDBALL and OLIVER'S GAME.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-53779480846027025122007-02-21T10:27:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:27:00.000-05:00I love baseball and have 2 boys who love baseball ...I love baseball and have 2 boys who love baseball also. I also do a big baseball theme in my library in the spring. I am HUGE Red Sox fan and I have some "spirited" conversations with some of my students about the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry!<BR/>Love the poem, I had never seen it before!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844867871179578637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49705812643889901202007-02-20T15:25:00.000-05:002007-02-20T15:25:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for this list! My husband LOVES ba...Thanks so much for this list! My husband LOVES baseball, and just this weekend I said to him, "For you, I'm going to start learning about baseball so we can talk about it." The next day I saw your post. Since I love reading as much as he loves baseball, you've inspired me to start a baseball reading project for myself. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I showed the Ogden Nash poem to my husband--he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38322017234734476982007-02-19T10:23:00.000-05:002007-02-19T10:23:00.000-05:00Thanks for the suggestions, Tricia (and Elaine!) -...Thanks for the suggestions, Tricia (and Elaine!) -- <A HREF="http://www.chrisbarton.info/blog/labels/U.S._History_Reading.html" REL="nofollow">a month of books</A> about baseball are on the horizon for my boys and me, and your ideas will get us off to a great start.Chris Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891925951616484973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-28149466745299703702007-02-19T09:56:00.000-05:002007-02-19T09:56:00.000-05:00Tricia,TEAMMATES is a great book! I used to read i...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>TEAMMATES is a great book! I used to read it to my second grade students. It's a good way to help children learn about discrimination in sports.<BR/><BR/>Here's a fine baseball biography: A STRONG RIGHT ARM: THE STORY OF MAMIE "PEANUT" JOHNSON. Mamie was one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues.<BR/><BR/>THE BABE AND I is a good historical fiction picture book that Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-27734002098876389662007-02-16T10:26:00.000-05:002007-02-16T10:26:00.000-05:00I've heard a lot about Heat this week (the book, n...I've heard a lot about Heat this week (the book, not the temp.) -- thinking I'll have to pick up a copy. Thanks for all the great baseball books -- so many students who will love these. Still, your post does make me wish for green grass & sunshine!Ruth Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667754809825404231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-28702784679573858472007-02-15T22:48:00.000-05:002007-02-15T22:48:00.000-05:00I also adored Heat! And I'm a baseball fan, too (R...I also adored Heat! And I'm a baseball fan, too (Red Sox). I do think that there's a correlation. Thanks for a great list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-62233330350624386352007-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:00I like the connection between baseball and poetry....I like the connection between baseball and poetry.<BR/><BR/>http://www.verdispoetry.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com