Baseball Super Stats by Jeff Savage -ADVISABLE

Savage, Jeff Baseball Super Stats, 32 pgs. Lerner, 2018.  $20. Language: G ; Mature Content: G ;Violence: G

This book explains how important statistics are to the game of baseball and why some stats are more accurate than others –for example the balls were improved in the Live Ball Era so stats improved. Readers than explore up to date statistics for a variety of things such as All-Time Hit Leaders, Longest Single-Season Hitting Streak, Most Home Runs by a Player in a Season and many more. The statistics are shown bar or chart format.

This is just the kind of sneaky book I love to add to a school library –a super popular topic (Baseball) combined with a learning! (charts and stats!). The layouts, graphics, and illustrations are bright and fresh. Readers will love pouring over the stats to discover who is the best. I like that the author goes into steroids a bit, so readers will understand that those records and stats are to be taken with a grain of salt. I would add this book to my library in a heartbeat.
EL -ADVISABLE.  Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author