Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher's Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Christina Forshay was born and raised in sunny California, where she lives with her amazing husband and the two cutest kids in the world! Of course, as a child she could be found drawing, coloring and admiring her grand collection of crayons. Christina is proud and grateful to be able to work as an illustrator for the children's market. Seriously, what could be more fun?!?
In this rhymed story, a little boy goes to a ballgame, eats hot
dogs and watches the home team win. Then he says goodnight to
everything baseball-related, from the diamond to popcorn boxes
under the stands and, in the end, "goodnight, baseball, /safe in my
room." Dahl, who lives in Minneapolis, is the author of more than
100 books for children and young adults. The lively illustrations
bring vibrancy to this gentle story.-- "The Pioneer Press"
...the thrill and excitement of a baseball game is described.
Borrowing the nocturnal pattern from Margaret Wise Brown's
Goodnight Moon (1947), the young boy ends his baseball-filled day
saying goodnight to the teams. . . .After reading this book aloud,
teachers might pose the question to students about a big day they
themselves experienced and how they would say goodnight to the many
things that they encountered during that special day.-- "Reading
Today Online"
[Forshay's] energized illustrations are a high point, handily
conveying the excitement of a nighttime game, while smoothly
bringing the mood down as the boy falls sleep on the drive back
home.-- "Publishers Weekly"
A father and son go to a stadium to watch a baseball game between
the Stars and the Rockets. When it is over, they return home with
full stomachs and happy memories, but not before wishing everyone
and everything, including the players and home plate, a good night.
The familiar aspects of the event are all here and illustrated. The
seats are occupied by people of all ages and various ethnicities.
They eat hot dogs, popcorn, and pretzels while sipping on sodas.
Bases are stolen, baseballs are caught (by the players and the
fans) and hit, and the crowd cheers. After an action-packed game
described in rhyming text, the pace of the story slows down. As the
sun sets, the stadium lights go on. The boy's energy begins to fade
after he has posed with the mascot and met the players. His father
carries him to the car and by the time they are home, the youngster
is almost asleep. The wording at the ending of this picture book is
reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon. A fun,
comforting bedtime story for sports fans.-- "School Library
Journal"
I like the rhymes in this book. I also like when the boy is at the
baseball game and catches the home run hit in his lucky mitt. . .
.This book makes me want to go to a baseball game with my dad.--
"San Francisco Book Review, Kids Book"
It's game day, and a boy recounts the thrills of being in the
stadium watching his team play. As he saying farewell to it all,
"Goodnight, popcorn boxes under the stands. Goodnight, mascot and
goodnight, fans!" listeners will immediately recall their old
favorite Goodnight, Moon and be ready for the final "Goodnight,
Daddy, Goodnight, moon. Goodnight, baseball, safe in my room." This
Sports Illustrated Kids title will find a welcome audience with
young baseball lovers.-- "School Librarian's Workshop"
This baseball story unfolds in two distinct sections. Following a
boy and his dad to a ballpark, the first emphasizes the parts that
children enjoy. Father and son enter through a turnstile, find
their seats, buy hot dogs from a vendor, stand up for the seventh
inning stretch, and watch a home run hit. In the book's second
section, the energetic four-beat lines of rhyming, rhythmic text
slow to a gentler cadence mimicking lines from Goodnight Moon, as
the boy and his dad wander across the field, through the dugout,
out of the park, and homeward, saying good night to the grass,
popcorn boxes, and so on. Though the story includes bits of mild
fantasy, picture books about visiting a ballpark can be hard to
find, and this one delivers the highlights of that experience in an
easy-to-follow text illustrated with jaunty digital artwork. A
cheerful baseball-themed jacket ensures that this picture book will
find its audience.-- "Booklist"
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