The Baseball Bat: A True Story

By Wilf Pauls

Wilf loved playing ball with his older brother. Their family was too poor to buy good equipment so the boys played with floppy gloves and a baseball bat that gave splinters. On his way home from school, Wilf was surprised to see a beauty of a bat on the ball diamond in the farthest corner from the school. The temptation to take it created an unexpected dilemma. What would be the consequences? This true, heartwarming story shares the agony, the ecstasy, the battle for a clean conscience, and a story of redemption as a young boy learns a lifelong lesson in integrity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jul 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9798385001873

Wilf Pauls

Wilf Pauls has encouraged thousands of children in their love of learning through stories, magic, science experiments, music, trivia, and real-life experiences. Together with his wife Pearl, he has worked in British Columbia, Yukon Territory, West Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a career that has spanned four decades he has worn many hats: classroom teacher, principal, science specialist, music teacher, camp director and Teacher Librarian. After authoring two “Baby Brawn Superstar” books and “Fweddy the Wed Fwog Pwince”, it is time to put into print a true baseball experience that has been the most effective oral story in Wilf’s expansive repertoire. Today Wilf plays more table tennis than baseball, but hearing the crack of a baseball bat is still electrifying!

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