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Fehler, Gene

Change-Up: Baseball Poems

48 pp. | Clarion | February, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-71962-4 $16.00

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Donald Wu. These poems take Little Leaguers from February's dismal, snow-covered fields through the rusty days of spring into the heart of baseball season and out to winter again, all shown in Wu's seasonally appropriate acrylic and colored-pencil illustrations. Fehler writes of the paradoxical vastness--or constriction--of the outfield (depends whether you're fielding or batting) and other common experiences of ballplayers with a knowledgeable, accessible voice.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin