Blog #23
Players in Pigtails
By Shana Corey
Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
Scholastic Inc.
2003
40 pages
By Shana Corey
Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
Scholastic Inc.
2003
40 pages
Historical Fiction
I chose this story because I love the
stories about the women who played baseball while the men were at war during
WWII, and in particular I love the movie this book was based off of, A League of Their Own. This story is
about a man who recruits women to play for his baseball team so that the club
won’t go bankrupt. It depicts one woman who he recruited to play baseball during
this time who is just as talented as the men who played before her.
The illustrations in this book
look to be either acrylic or gouache. They are very simplistic and cartoon-like
in style. There are several pages that feature vignettes or small illustrations
surrounded by negative space. The colors are bright and vibrant and reflect the
spunky attitude of the women that the story portrays.
I think this book could be used in
any elementary classroom depending on the lesson that it accompanied. For
younger grades, it could be used to introduce a writing prompt about unexpected
roles. For older grades it could be used to introduce a project on WWII’s
effect on the U.S.’s economy. This book has been awarded an ALA Amelia
Bloomer Selection, a Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award Winner, a Kansas
City Award Winner, a Book-of-the-Month Club Selection, a Georgia
Children’s Book Award Nominee, and Teachers College Reading and Writing
Project, Historical Fiction Booklist, Highly Recommended
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