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Another Baseball Card Adventure
Dan Gutman has written lots of fantastic books. One of his oldest series is still going strong. A new Baseball Card Adventure book came out this week! It's called Willie & Me. Yep, the Willie refers to Willie Mays. But that's not the only important baseball reference in this time-travel story.
"Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh's help. In 1951, Branca pitched a ball to Bobby Thomson that would become the "Shot Heard Round the World," a home run that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants and changed the lives of Branca and Thomson forever. Branca says the Giants were cheating, and he needs Stosh to use his power with baseball cards to go back in time and set things right. Stosh is determined to help, but he quickly learns that you can't change just one little thing in history. If he erases the Shot Heard Round the World, he may forever alter the life of a young rookie named Willie Mays. With wisdom from all the players he has helped before—plus the surprise return of some familiar faces—Stosh uses his power to travel in time using baseball cards one last time in a fabulous finale to the adventure of a lifetime."
All of Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures can be found under J GUT. Twelve in all!
Aqualicious
First, there was pink. Then purple. There's also been gold, green, and silver. And now Victoria Kann brings you a splashy addition to her colorful book empire . . . Aqualicious. "Pinkalicious and her family go on a trip to the beach for a day of sun, fun, and sand castles! The day gets even more exciting when Pinkalicious finds a mini-mermaid named Aqua while she's collecting shells. Aqua wants to find her way home, and Pinkalicious and Peter decide to help—after they show her all of the pinkamazing things to do at the seashore!" After you read the book, find fun activities on the official website.
All of Victoria Kann's Pinkalicious picture books can be found under E KAN. All of the spin-off beginning reader titles can be found under E I CAN KAN BEGINNING READER. (These will also have an orange sticker on the spine label.)
