Bats at the Ballgame

By Brian Lies

On deck and ready for your reading lineup, New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies’s ode to “batty” baseball fans.

You think humans are the only ones who enjoy America’s national pastime? Grab your bat—the other kind—and your mitt, because it’s a whole new ballgame when evening falls and bats come fluttering from the rafters to watch their all-stars compete.

Get set to be transported to the right-side-up and upside-down world of bats at play, as imagined and illustrated by bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies.

Hurry up! Come one—come all! We’re off to watch the bats play ball!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 6, 2010
• ISBN: 9780547740744

Brian Lies

Brian Lies is the Caldecott honor-winning author-illustrator of New York Times bestsellers Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Bats at the Ballgame, and Bats in the Band. He has written and illustrated more than twenty books for children. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Brian lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his family. www.BrianLies.com 

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Reviews for Bats at the Ballgame

[whisper1_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This series of bat stories, makes me laugh right out loud. In this book, the bats awake at night and fly to the field. While the story is not in depth, or intellectually challenging, I love the rhymes and the clear, crisp detailed images! I never fail to smile and laugh when I read these books.

[teresacruz-3 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book wasn't all that fun or appealing. Lots of words and confusing a bit at times.

[matthewbloome · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was a nice story. The rhymng text and the beautiful illustrations compliment each other nicely. The story is thrilling with allusions to baseball history and accomplishments from Major League Baseball. I enjoyed it.

[bekaht_4 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed it for its idea of incorporating something from our daytime world into the nighttime world of bats, throwing in some new information on bats.