Poem Runs: Baseball Poems

From the first pitch to the last out and all nine innings between, Douglas Florian’s collection of baseball poems brings wordplay, wit, and laughter to America’s springtime tradition. Featuring a mean-armed pitcher, a daisy-picking right fielder, and a lightning-swift base stealer, ‘Poem Runs’ combines irresistible language and Florian’s signature child-friendly, bold illustration style in this celebration of the magic of baseball. AGES: 6 to 9 AUTHOR: Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed poetry picture books, including lizards, frogs, and polliwogs, a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year; mammalabilia, an ABA’s Pick of the Lists; and insectlopedia, a New York Times bestseller, ALA Notable Children’s Book, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

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