5 Books for Baseball Lovers

There’s something about summer (even this one!) that just screams baseball. Hit the field with these five great reads…

A Big Day for Baseball (Magic Treehouse Series) by Mary Pope Osborne. Jack and Annie aren’t great baseball players . . . yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps to a special ballgame in Brooklyn, New York. The magic tree house whisks them back to 1947.

Home Run by Tim Green. This book is written by New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green and it part of his Baseball Great series.

Mascot by Anthony John. Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he’s helpless now. He’s tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball—but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah.

Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name by Mo'ne Davis. At the age of thirteen, Mo'ne Davis became the first female pitcher to win a game in the Little League World Series and the first Little Leaguer to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. A month later she earned a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher. This 1960 series centers around Sylvester, a kid who loves baseball but is a terrible hitter — until he meets a mystery man named George. Suddenly, Sylvester goes from the worst player on the team to the kid who can only hit homers.