by Kieran Downs (Author)

The batter steps up to the plate and swings at the pitch. Home run! Beginning readers get an introduction to the sport of baseball through carefully leveled text in this title. Each spread sets bold, black type on a white background for easy reading. Short, simple sentences and sight words help new readers build confidence. Labeled photos provide visual support to bolded glossary terms, and a fact page summaries what readers learn in the main text.