Title: The Field Beyond The Outfield
Illustrator: Mark Teague
Readability Score: 2.8
Genre: Picture Book
SubGenre: Fantasy and Realistic
Theme: Everyone will have their time to shine, in their own light and way.
Award(s) and date of Publication: 1992
Publishing Company: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-4439-81215
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom
This is story about a boy named Ludlow Grebe who had complained about monsters that lived in his closet and the sharks that swam around outside when it rained to his parents. Therefore his parents thought it would be a great idea to make him play a sport to get Ludlow mind of the scary things happening around him. His parents signed him up to play baseball. Ludlow loved playing baseball and he put all his time and energy in to studying the game. When Ludlow was finally asked to play in the outfield he was ready. Ludlow said a good ballplayer was already to play in the game. The coach and players told him to play far back in the outfield until Ludlow was almost in the weeds. He was so far back that he was in another baseball field one that was filled with monsters. Since Ludlow was a good baseball player he watched as they played until he was flown to the batters mound. When he stepped up he swung and made a home run. Everyone cheered and then returned to his own game, after the game his parents said he would get more playing time next time. Only if they really knew he did get some playing time, after that day he did not complain about the monsters he was just ready for the next day to begin, because a good ball player is always ready.
Teachers could use this book to introduce their students into fantasy literature. Even have children talk about times they had daydream about being in a different place other then the place they were when they were day dreaming.
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