The celebrated author and distinguished artist celebrates children's baseball in a story about the boys and girls, and their families, friends, and fans, who gather for the first game of the season.
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Lofty language couches a wry appeal to the Great Umpire in the Heavens for a happy baseball season. All ages.
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Grade 2 Up?This narrative poem asks God to look over all those who participate in Little League baseball as another season approaches. Morris leaves nary a soul unmentioned, including the "retributive daddies" and "faithful mothers." Blessings are petitioned for those who cheer and those who arbitrate, i.e., umpires. Young ballpayers will be interested in finding out what the author asks the Almighty to bestow upon those who play their own particular positions such as the request that infielders be granted "deft shovel dips and 6-4-3 double plays." Moser's trademark watercolors spill over full pages, deftly portraying all involved including ethnically diverse young ballplayers of both sexes. While the picture-book format will make this title visually attractive to a young audience, the text includes such words as ordinance, inexorable, and assuage, which will require adult interpretation. Morris's skillful prose melds neatly with Moser's fine paintings, creating an end product that will delight all who participate in, or follow the game of baseball. Direct fans of this title to Lillian Morrison's At the Crack of the Bat (Hyperion, 1992) and Lee Bennett Hopkins's Extra Innings (Harcourt, 1993), two collections of baseball poems.?Tom S. Hurlburt, La Crosse Public Library, WI
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This review is from: Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season (Library Binding)
Grab a box of Kleenex before reading this little book because it will tug at your heart. This book makes a great gift for a Little League coach, team mom, or player. Truly a sweet book!
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THIS IS A prayer for all the kids of all races and creeds in the boundless earthly springtime as baseball once more commences, as it has and will eternally in the ordinance and charter of Thy inexorable seasons. Read the first page New!
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THIS IS A prayer for all the kids of all races and creeds in the boundless earthly springtime as baseball once more commences, as it has and will eternally in the ordinance and charter of Thy inexorable seasons. Read the first page New!
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- The Mango Opera (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries) by Tom Corcoran on page 290
- In the Face of Presumptions: Essays, Speeches & Incidental Writings by Barry Moser on page 21
- In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor by Larry L. King on page 302
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