Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689867422)

If you love baseball, chances are you love one particular ballpark. Boston fans wax poetic about Fenway Park. Cubs fans are adamant that Wrigley Field is the classic ballfield. Busch Stadium is a hit with folks from Missouri, and Yankee fans are passionate about the House That Ruth Built....
Besides passionate fans, there's one other thing all ballparks -- from the Union Grounds in Brooklyn built in 1862 to the Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards built in 1992 -- have in common: Each has its own vibrant and unique history.
In Ballpark, Sibert Honor Award winner Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significances of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals," Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other.

Author: Lynn Curlee
ISBN-10: 0689867425
ISBN-13: 9780689867422
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2005
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 11.30h x 11.08w x 0.51d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80957 / Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields

Award: Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 385 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 191
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2005 pg. 118
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2005 pg. 212
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2005 pg. 286
Publishers Weekly 02/07/2005 pg. 58
Booklist 03/15/2005 pg. 1288