Baseball Card Crazy. This item is unavailable.Baseball Card Crazy

Frustrated by his father's forgetfulness about what happened to his old baseball card collection, Oliver O'Malley, a serious collector, searches his father's boyhood home from top to bottom and finds a new understanding of his family roots.

Grade 4-6-- While visiting his grandparents in Ohio, Oliver O'Malley is determined to find his father's old baseball cards. After days of searching in the attic and basement through box after box, he finds a classmate's note in his father's old Flintstones book bag that leads him onto another trail. This short chapter book moves quickly to a satisfying and unexpected conclusion. The authors describe true-to-life thoughts and conversations that young collectors have probably had with their fathers and other older relatives who enjoyed baseball card collecting in the '50s and '60s. Although there are references to current rock stars that may date this book before its time, readers will enjoy this theme on a popular hobby. --Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas,
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The first--and immensely entertaining--collaboration by this mother and son writing team introduces Oliver O'Malley, a congenial fifth-grader who is an avid collector of baseball cards. Oliver listens in awe as his father describes some of the valuable cards he owned as a boy in the late '50s and early '60s. But much to Oliver's dismay, his father can't remember what happened to his prized collection. During a summer visit to his paternal grandparents' farm, Oliver is determined to find it. The boy is devastated when a search of the attic, basement and an abandoned clubhouse uncovers not a single card, but his quest has the expected happy ending. Though the novel's action has only a single focus, Kennedy and Schodorf (an eighth-grader) have turned out a snappy, believable first-person narrative that youngsters will latch on to eagerly--even if they don't know who Whitey Ford or Ted Williams are. Although the book's typeface is small, its brevity, subject matter and vocabulary make it suitable for proficient readers a bit younger than the target audience. Ages 9-11.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.