Simon & Schuster, 2010
$15.99, ages 4-8, 40 pages
A new boy in town longs to join a game of baseball, but is too guarded to ask if he can play until four old guys coax him out of his shell.
Wordless except for days of the week announced every few pages, this hilarious story is about wanting to fit in, but not knowing how.
As the story begins, it's Tuesday and the little boy in a red cap has just moved into his house and is eager to find a game of baseball.
He's got his glove, bat, even a ball. Now he just needs a field of kids.
He's got his glove, bat, even a ball. Now he just needs a field of kids.
But when he gets to the neighborhood park and sees a game underway, he freezes up, feeling too self-conscious to ask if he can join in.
With his cap low over his face and his bat dragging behind, the boy slumps off to a park bench, where four old guys are whiling away the day.
