Playing Right Field

by Willy Welch

Book Overview

A popular springtime song follows a young ballplayer's passage from slump to triumph, and is accompanied by illustrations by the Caldecott-winning illustrator of From Sea to Shining Sea. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439139945
• ISBN13: 9780439139946
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Welch a master of images

I love this song. Although made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary, the creative genius stems from Willy Welch. He perfectly captures the memories and emotions of the young daydreaming ballplayer in all of us. This is truly a magical book, and I recommend for any parent or grandparent.

Wonderful witt from Willy Welch!

Every man who ever played any form of baseball needs to read this book to a youngster,especially if he was always the last chosen for a team. If "Playing Right Field" by Willy Welch doesn't stir the reader's emotional caulderon, be sure and check their pulse. Not only do I relate to this work in my own childhood, but also as a former baseball coach. Welch captured the essence of how one might reflect on those childhood days, filled with a mixture of happy and painful memories. How well I remember being chosen last for the team, being last to bat, playing right field...and of catching a difficult popup-fly ball. The artistic work of illustrator Marc Simont beautifully adds to "Playing Right Field." And the poetry was a natural to be matched with music, and is performed by folk artists Peter, Paul and Mary, on their albums "No Easy Walk to Freedom" and "Peter, Paul and Mommy Two." I rank this on the top rung of children's poetry, along with such greats as "Where The Sidewalk Ends" and "The Butterfly Jar." This is a book everyone should own!