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Title: Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Gerald Fitzgerald, Gerald Fitsgerald ISBN: 0-689-31945-2 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Casey at the Bat Book Review
Comment: I thought this was a wonderful book. I enjoyed Thayers use of poetry to exrpress the emotion in the story. The language used in the text is of very high quality and when read by an adult to a child, the child is able to thourghly understand. The illustrations play an important role with the text. They not only enrich the text, but they tell a story in itself. We can feel the emotion of the players and the crowd through Polacco's work. Overall I thought this was a wonderful book and reccomend it to a child of any age.
Rating: 5
Summary: Casey Strikes Out; Polacco Hits a Homer!
Comment: Thayer's classic ballad, 'Casey at the Bat,' is greatly enhanced by Patricia Polacco's brilliantly achieved, big-hearted illustrations. Ms. Polacco captures emotion, action, and character through wittily exaggerated, slightly loopy pictures, and through lots of uncrowded background shenanigans. It's very cinematic: She effectively isolates action through extreme close-ups, and extends time through a montage of events occurring within a single picture. Like the auteur she is, she even adds some opening and closing story elements (while leaving the poem intact) that augment the poem's appeal to the younger reader.
This book is simply great fun to read aloud; you'll find yourself wanting to memorize its evocative imagery and epic aspirations:
"Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongue applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance flashed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip."
You and your youngsters will love the humor and the drama in this a classic rendition of Thayer's beloved poem. Infants and toddlers will enjoy the bright pictures, and all readers will appreciate the perfect teaming of Thayer and Polacco.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great story!!!
Comment: Casey at the Bat tells about mighty Casey and his missing 2 strikes - like messing up in life.
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Title: Picnic at Mudsock Meadow by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0399218114 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Juv Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee ISBN: 1880000199 Publisher: Lee & Low Books Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Babushka's Mother Goose (Picture Puffins) by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 069811860X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: 08 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: In Enzo's Splendid Gardens by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0399231072 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: G Is for Goat by Patricia Polacco, Patricia Lee Gauch ISBN: 0399240187 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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