The Bat Boy and His Violin
by:
E.B. Lewis (author)
Gavin Curtis (author)
Reginald loves to create beautiful music on his violin. But Papa, manager of the Dukes, the worst team in the Negro National League, needs a bat boy, not a "fiddler," and traveling with the Dukes doesn't leave Reginald much time for practicing. Soon the Dukes' dugout is filled with Beethoven,...
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Reginald loves to create beautiful music on his violin. But Papa, manager of the Dukes, the worst team in the Negro National League, needs a bat boy, not a "fiddler," and traveling with the Dukes doesn't leave Reginald much time for practicing. Soon the Dukes' dugout is filled with Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach -- and the bleachers are filled with the sound of the Dukes' bats. Has Reginald's violin changed the Dukes' luck -- and can his music pull off a miracle victory against the powerful Monarchs? Gavin Curtis's beautifully told story of family ties and team spirit and E. B. Lewis's lush watercolor paintings capture a very special period in history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689841156 (0689841159)
ASIN: 689841159
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
This book really is great for introducing children to historical fiction. It tells the story of a young boy who would rather play beautiful music than act as the bat boy for his father's baseball team in the Negro National League in the 1940's. This book is great for 3rd and 4th grade classes. I ...
Another story I have read to my 4th graders! I read this book the same week as Teammates, and we compared & contrasted the two. We talked about theme again, and how the moral was the same and different. We also discussed the time period again and how it was the same as Teammates (the civil rights mo...
8 years ago
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