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category: Children's Nonfiction
published: Apr 2015
ISBN:9781554517091
publisher: Annick Press

Baseballogy

Supercool Facts You Never Knew

by Kevin Sylvester

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The most unusual baseball facts you’ll ever find!

Whether they are die-hard baseball fans or casual spectators, readers will be captivated by this collection of fascinating, little-known facts about the game. For example, did you know that the yarn in a single baseball is long enough to nearly reach the top of the Empire State Building? With lots of humorous, colorful illustrations, charts, and graphs, Baseballogy explores such diverse topics as the materials used to make the balls (including fish eyes, once used for the core!) and freak injuries (one player was stabbed by a bat). For real baseball aficionados, there’s a section on the physics of hitting the ball, a look at some long-standing records they might not have known about, and explanations of the stats on baseball cards. A Baseball Trivia Quiz at the end of the book lets kids test their knowledge. Entertaining, informative, and highly visual, Baseballogy is the perfect sports book for all kids—especially reluctant boy readers.

About the Author
Kevin Sylvester is an award-winning writer, illustrator and broadcaster. His book Gold Medal for Weird won the Silver Birch Award for non-fiction in 2009. It was also named a Junior Library Guild Premier selection in 2008 and was a finalist for the Willow Award. His previous book Sports Hall of Weird was a Silver Birch Honour Book in 2006. It was also a finalist for the Rocky Mountain Book Award. Sylvester’s book for adults, Shadrin has Scored for Russia was nominated for the Leacock Award for Humour in 2002. His illustrations have been seen in The Toronto Star, the Literary Review of Canada and on cbc.ca. Kevin is often heard on CBC Radio. He was the sportscaster for CBC morning shows for 9 years. He is a regular fill-in on the shows The Sunday Edition, Here and Now, Metro Morning, Ideas and Tapestry. He and Teddy Katz won the B’nai B’rith Human Rights Award for their documentary on racism in hockey, Black Ice. Neil Flambé and the Case of the Caustic Cumin was first broadcast as a radio drama serial in the summer of 2007. It was the foundation for the first book in the series—Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders. Book Two in the series is Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12

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