This is a special weekend Buzz on Books Book of the Week posting in recognition of the Cleveland Indians winning Central Division of the American League. Go Tribe!! To help everyone get into the spirit of October baseball, I have chosen the books Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer and Casey Back at Bat written by Dan Gutman. Casey at the Bat is a popular book that was a Caldecott Honors book thanks to the detailed illustrations by Christopher Bing. The story of Casey at the bat is in rhyming text and describes the tense moment of a baseball game when the team of Mudville was in need of a run. Casey stepped up to the plate with great confidence, ready to shine. The fans in the stands were screaming from their seats, all waiting to see their opponents lose in defeat. I won't give away the ending to the book for you.
The second book, again in rhyming text, has colorful, kid-friendly pictures. Up at bat for Mudville was Casey, and he hit the ball so high and so far that it just kept going. It soared past birds, all the way to Italy, to Egypt, India, and finally all the way out into outter space! Casey rounded third and headed home. The other team began to leave the playing field. Suddenly, the shortstop Moe saw something heading directly toward him from up, up above. He put his glove up in self-defense, and found to his surprise that he caught the baseball hit by Casey! And Casey was out of the game as Mudville lost.
Thankfully, the Indians did not face such misfortune in the game they played today. Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians and good luck playing in the American League Division Series. Again, GO TRIBE, and check out these as well as many other books about baseball at the Twinsburg Public Library!
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