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From Amazon.com
Katie Casey is in a league of her own: "She preferred sliding to sewing,
batting to baking, and home runs to homecoming." Unfortunately, baseball is
not considered ladylike in 1942. But when the male professional baseball
players are called away to war, Katie has her chance to step up to the
plate. Players in Pigtails, inspired by the movie A League of
Their Own, is a delightful tribute to the All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League created by Chicago Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley
during World War II. When author Shana Corey (Milly and the Macy’s Parade,
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!) discovered that the lyrics of
the popular 1908 song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" featured a
"baseball-mad" girl named Katie Casey, she simply had to share the story
with children. Illustrator Rebecca Gibbon captures a gleeful era of women’s
baseball in cheerful colors and carefully researched 1940s styles. Young
readers will enjoy this exuberant, well-paced picture book about good
old-fashioned girl power, complete with an informative and engaging author’s
note about the girls’ league along with the lyrics to both "Take Me Out to
the Ball Game" and the official "Victory Song" of the AAGPBL. (Ages 5 and
older) --Karin Snelson |
