Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Hardcover

Norworth, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0027359913 ISBN 13: 9780027359916

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

A visual salute to the song that has become an anthem to our national pastime, baseball. Readers will recognize Jackie Robinson, Cookie Lavagetto, Spec Shea, and other renowned Yankee and Dodger players and fans. For everyone who loves a ballgame, here's a home run! A new arrangement of the classic song is included.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Gillman scores a solid hit with this spirited rendition of the familiar ballpark song in a sensational picture book that skillfully conjures up the smell of peanuts, popcorn and sweaty uniforms. Norworth's tune itself is secondary to the details included in Gillman's nostalgia-filled paintings of the 1947 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field. As in a wordless picture book, the illustrations tell the story right down to the final "three strikes, you're out" as the Dodgers lose the game. Gillman has provided readers with plenty of absorbing and ingenious details--from his baseball card self-portrait on the jacket flap to the action-filled paintings of Jackie Robinson, announcer Red Barber and the members of the "Sym-Phony," a raggle-taggle band of Dodger fans who heckled umpires with their rendition of "Three Blind Mice." A lively, well-researched four-page addition to the text explains both the background of the song and the characters who appear in it. An exciting view of history and an intriguing book of baseball trivia combined, this "Ballgame" will be met with resounding cheers. All ages. Children's BOMC selection.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

PreS Up-- Baseball lovers of all ages will enjoy the big, bold, pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations that accompany and elucidate Norworth's famous chorus. To illustrate the well-known song, Gillman has chosen the fifth game of the 1947 World Series, played in Brooklyn between the Dodgers and the Yankees. The crowds arrive at Ebbets Field; peanuts and Cracker Jack are bought by a couple of lively boys; a band plays; and the stands are filled with cheering, shouting fans. Jackie Robinson takes his turn at bat; Red Barber announces the game; and then, in the bottom of the ninth, Cookie Lavagetto strikes out and the Dodgers lose. The music, the complete lyrics, information on the early days of the ``Trolley Dodgers,'' Ebbets Field, and the 1947 Series are appended. Full of nostalgia, excitement, and a good bit of sports history, this celebration of America's national pastime is sure to be a winner.
- Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0027359913
• ISBN 13: 9780027359916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Gillman Alec