Poetry Friday is hosted today by On The Way to Somewhere with Rena J.Traxel.
For Poetry Friday -- "Extra innings: baseball poems" selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated
by Scott Medlock.
One
of the great things about summer is baseball. Hopkins acknowledges America's
passion for the game with a collection of 19 verses by various poets richly
illustrated in handsome oils by Medlock. The opening verse sums up the collection's
focus on the game for players and fans with: Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson
--
It's
about
the ball,
the bat
and the mitt.
Ball
hits bat
or
it hits mitt.
Young
readers will find this book is a home run.
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