Casey at the Bat

by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Will Casey, Mudville's best player, help the Mudville team win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning? Ernest Lawrence Thayer's classic poem about a heroic baseball player is beautifully illustrated...

Dirt on Their Skirts

by Doreen Rappaport

In the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Margaret gets to watch all the great female athletes play.

The Field Beyond the Outfield

by Mark Teague

Stuck in the outfield, champion daydreamer Ludlow transforms his boring surroundings into a towering stadium filled with fantastical fans watching a ballgame between two teams of human-sized insects. And...

Girl Wonder

by Deborah Hopkinson

Alta Weiss was born to play baseball. She spends all of her childhood playing the game she loves, even though most people think girls can't play baseball. When she convinces the coach of a semipro team...

Home Run

by Robert Burleigh

This is a timeless, poetic tribute to baseball's greatest star: Babe Ruth. Glorious, photorealistic paintings reminiscent of Norman Rockwell combine with evocative text to capture both the spirit of...

Max

by Rachel Isadora

Max is a star player on his baseball team. On a day of a baseball game, Max takes his sister to her dancing class. What will happen when Max is invited to come into the classroom?

Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Nate the Great takes on a case to find a missing second base. He must look for clues at the baseball field, Oliver's house, and Annie's yard. With the help of his dog, Sludge, Nate must solve the mystery.

Nate the Great series: book 14

Players in Pigtails

by Shana Corey

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...

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

by Jack Norworth

The words to this traditional baseball song are the text for this book with illustrations by Alec Gilman that gives readers a look back in time to the 1947 World Series. Notes tell the origin of the song...

Teammates

by Peter Golenbock

Baseball history is brought to life in this vivid description of the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League...

Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy

by Phil Bildner

Before Shoeless Joe Jackson can play in the minor leagues, he must find a way out of his hitting slump. He goes to see his friend Ol' Charlie Ferguson, a South Carolina bat smith, who not only makes him...

That Sweet Diamond

by Paul B. Janeczko

Accompanied by colorful paintings, this collection of poetry brings to life many different aspects of a baseball game.

Zachary's Ball

by Matt Tavares

When Zachary's father catches a foul ball at Fenway Park and gives it to him, something amazing happens — Zachary is transported onto the pitcher's mound in the middle of a game! Illustrations.

Tavares Baseball Books series