Full Count: A Baseball Number Book

By Brad Herzog

Book Overview

Following his H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet, Brad Herzog once again steps to the plate to bring the game of baseball to fans of every age. Using numbers as its backdrop, Full Count: A Baseball Number Book goes behind the batter's box and into the dugout to explain game basics and showcase historic moments. Starting with the signal for a fastball (1), to the miles-per-hour speed on some of the fastest pitches ever thrown (100+), Full Count counts out the players, the plays, and pulse-stopping moments in America's favorite sport. Brad Herzog has won several awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He has published more than two dozen books, including his sports alphabet books, H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet and K is for Kick: A Soccer Alphabet. Brad lives on California's Monterey Peninsula. Following successful careers as a commercial illustrator and a wildlife artist, Bruce Langton started illustrating children's books. His books include P is for Putt: A Golf Alphabet and Win One for the Gipper: America's Football Hero. Bruce lives in Granger, Indiana.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585364290
• ISBN13: 9781585364299
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

A baseball fact and history-filled book following a number format, written for children ages 6-10

"Full Count: A Baseball Number Book" is a baseball fact and history-filled book following a number format, written for children ages 6-10. Filled with informative baseball stories of famous games, plays, and players, "Full Count" is sure to add to the count of young baseball fans with its fun-filled facts and lifelike paintings for illustrations. Who knew baseball contained so many numbers or that Yogi Berra said, "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded."?