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  	Players In Pigtails by Shana Corey and Zooey Daschanel Katie Casey was baseball mad. Had the fever and had it bad. A story that celebrates a brave girl's love of the game as she works to become a player in the first-ever All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. $59.95 DVD | Grades K-4

  
  Players In Pigtails
  Grades K-4 $59.95
  
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  	Players In Pigtails by Shana Corey and Zooey Daschanel Katie Casey was baseball mad. Had the fever and had it bad. A story that celebrates a brave girl's love of the game as she works to become a player in the first-ever All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. $12.95 CD | Grades K-4

  
  Players In Pigtails
  Grades K-4 $12.95
  

Players in Pigtails

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Author: Shana Corey

Illustrator: Rebecca Gibbon

Interest Level:
K-2

Lexile Framework:
350L

Grade Level Equivalent:
3.1

Guided Reading Level:
M

Age:
5-7

Genre:
Historical Fiction

Subject:
World War II, Women's History and Experience, Baseball, Women in Sports

With many men serving in the military during World War II, Phillip Wrigley follows his daring plan to recruit women to play ball, despite public ridicule. On opening day, Katie Casey, a member of the Kenosha Comets, shows fans and the country that women have just as much talent as men when it comes to sports.