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The bat boy & his violin / by Gavin Curtis ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

Van Pelt Library PZ7.C9415 Bat 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Curtis, Gavin.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- illustrator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Coretta Scott King Award.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons.
Baseball stories.
Violin--Fiction.
Negro leagues--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Edition:
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001.
Summary:
Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.
Notes:
Coretta Scott King Award, 1999
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Curtis, Gavin. Bat boy & his violin.
ISBN:
0689841159
9780689841156
9780756904623
0756904625
9780613336697
0613336690
OCLC:
46318845
Publisher Number:
99990733520

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