Learn more about Eileen Meyer's latest release, Ballpark (Two Lions, 2014) for young readers and listeners, ages 4-8. A boy and his grandpa are heading to their first big league baseball game together. They'll cheer on their team, keep an eye out for fly balls, eat some peanuts, and hopefully watch their team win the game!Eileen's charming rhymes bring to life all the sights and sounds of the big game, while Carlynn Whitt's adorable characters showcase all the fun and action of a day at the ballpark. Share this book with your favorite young reader and celebrate the simple joy of spending a day together!Check out Eileen's debut nonfiction picture book, Who's Faster? Animals on the Move (Mountain Press, 2012). The fourteen animals depicted in Who's Faster? span a range of speeds, from the slow crawl of a sloth to the full gallop of a giraffe to the breakneck blur of the fastest animal in the world. With lyrical words, Eileen describes each animal's movement and then asks readers, "Who's faster?" Kids will keep turning the pages until they find out who's fastest. Beautiful watercolors by award-winning illustrator Constance Bergum capture each animal's graceful movement and include intricate details of hoofs, whiskers, fins, and feathers.Visit Eileen on the web at www.eileenmeyerbooks.com On the Handouts page, you may download and print activity handouts to use with each of her books. Using these tools, your reader will have fun engaging in matching games, graphing challenges, word searches, and more!Eileen lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband and three sons. When she's not writing or spending time in the classroom with students and teachers, she enjoys reading, watching sports, walking in her neighborhood and traveling.