Thursday, September 21, 2017

Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball by Mary Pope Osborne - ESSENTIAL

Osborne, Mary Pope  Magic Tree House: A Big Day for Baseball, 75 pgs.  CHAPTER BOOK  Random House, 2017  $13.99  Content: G.  

Jack and Annie are nervous about baseball tryouts, so when they go on an adventure in the magic tree house they find themselves in the year 1947.  They are batboys during a game when Jackie Robinson is playing for the Dodgers.  They meet new friends and learn about courage.  When they return from their adventure they aren’t scared to try out for baseball because they know that it’s okay to try hard things.  

I love the Magic Tree House series for many reasons, including that it got both my boys interesting in reading.  This book has a good moral that we can try new things and the characters that Jack and Annie meet are inspirational.  There are a few illustrations throughout this quick and entertaining chapter book.  

EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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