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Corey, Shana

Players in Pigtails

40 pp. | Scholastic | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-439-18305-7 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon. Corey focuses on a fictional girl--nontraditional, ball-playing Katie Casey--to tell the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded when WWII interrupted America's favorite pastime. The writing is spirited, the story is satisfying, and the illustrations--just old-fashioned enough to indicate the time period--are lively. However, the story seems driven by its (extensive) author's note, rather than the other way around.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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