by Gavin Curtis, E.B. Lewis
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...