Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out
Kathryn Cristaldi McKeon
A young girl vanquishes bullies and leads her team to victory in the playoffs.
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Famous poem about the greatest heartbreak in baseball, with collage illustrations including advertisements for products of the period. 2001 Caldecott Honor Book.
Dirt on Their Skirts
Doreen Rappaport
Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
Jean L.S. Patrick
The story of how Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a 1931 exhibition game.
The Good Guys of Baseball
Terry Egan
Collection of inspirational stories about contemporary players.
The History of the New York Mets
Michael E. Goodman
Story of the team that first began play in New York in 1962.
Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball
Jim O’Connor
Traces the history of all-black baseball teams and includes a brief biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black ballplayer in the major leagues.
My Baseball Book
Gail Gibbons
A very easy, illustrated introduction to the game of baseball.
Sammy Sosa
Carrie Muskat
The life and baseball career of the Dominican-born slugger who broke a home run record in 1998.
Satchel Paige
Lesa Cline Ransome
Examines the life of the first African-American baseball player to pitch in a major league World Series.
Say Hey! A Song of Willie Mays
Peter Mandel
Rhyming text tells the story of the great baseball player Willie Mays, the "say hey" kid.
Winning Women in Baseball and Softball
Marlene Targ Brill
Surveys the history of women in baseball and softball.
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Traces the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell and Josh Gibson. 1995 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book.
Gold Dust
Chris Lynch
Richard hopes that Napoleon, his new friend from the Caribbean, will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox.
Over the Wall
John H. Ritter
Thirteen-year-old Tyler spends an important summer in New York City, playing baseball and dealing with his problem with anger.
