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Vernick, Audrey

The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton

40 pp. | Clarion | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-61163-4 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Steven Salerno. In the 1920s, Houghton ("The Kid") played starting shortstop for the all-women's Philadelphia Bobbies--at ten years old. Vernick's conversational text describes the team barnstorming through the Northwest U.S., playing baseball in Japan, and learning about Japanese culture. Salerno's appealing charcoal, ink, and gouache illustrations evoke a bygone era of baseball with smudgy-looking uniforms, sepia tones, and double-page spreads for a touch of ballpark grandeur.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2016

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