Baseball Ballerina (Step Into Reading: A Step 3 Book (Paperb(打棒球的芭蕾女孩)

Grade 1-3-- Many girls will feel an affinity for this young narrator. Her mother insists that she take ballet lessons, and the child worries that her baseball teammates will find out. But at the recital, she saves the show when she rescues her friend's crown with a well-executed dancing catch. Numerous full-color illustrations offer plenty of reading clues for emerging readers. Another strong offering from this series. --Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
Illus. in full color. A shortstop in a tutu? Not if she can help it! Forced by her mother into taking ballet lessons, a die-hard tomboy discovers that there's team spirit at the barre as well as on the baseball diamond.

From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3-- Many girls will feel an affinity for this young narrator. Her mother insists that she take ballet lessons, and the child worries that her baseball teammates will find out. But at the recital, she saves the show when she rescues her friend's crown with a well-executed dancing catch. Numerous full-color illustrations offer plenty of reading clues for emerging readers. Another strong offering from this series.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID

From Booklist
Kids will enjoy the situation comedy and the surprise in people and story.

Card catalog description
A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)22.9 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)15.4