In honor of baseball’s opening day, we are looking at a couple of
baseball books each one told in verse. I
suppose that baseball has a long tradition with verse from Take Me Out to the
Ballpark to Casey at Bat. It is great
that I can share these books in the month of April which many celebrate as
Poetry Month.
Poem Runs: Baseball Poems by Douglas Florian is a set of poems featuring
different players on the baseball diamond including the umpire, the baseball,
even the warm-up. The poems are
creative, fun, and alive. Along with
each poem is a beautiful illustration, sometimes integrating shape poetry. While these poems are simple and short, they
are precise in their knowledge about baseball, describing the ins and outs of
the game. One poem features a second
baseman who loves to work the double play, another tells about the right fielder;
sometimes know as being the least important on the field. My husband, a first basemen, particularly appreciated the poem about his position.
This book is perfect as a read aloud, like most poetry, but also would be very
accessible to young independent readers.
Highly recommended for read alouds and elementary readers grades 2-5.
"And somewhere men are laughing,
and somewhere children shout;But there is no joy in Mudvillemighty Casey has struck out."
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