Tag: 2nd Grade

While trying to ask Uncle Pete to coach for the Peach Street Mudders, Zero discovers that he can throw a slider when there’s a big bandage on his injured thumb.

Mike suddenly becomes starting quarterback for his team, and he’s got a problem.  Everything is fine as long as the coach gives him the plays from the bench, but what happens the day the coach sprains an ankle and has to leave the game?  Will Mike ruin things for the whole team? Hardly! Not while …

Read More “The Dog That Called the Signals”

X’s friends believe he can excel at any extreme sport, so when they want to check out the new climbing wall at the mall, he decides to hide his fear of heights rather than have them think him a coward.

Rabbit was a fair basketball player.  He sank his share of baskets, but he knew that he missed too many times, and he really hated it when the fans started to ride him.  How he wished he were a star.  The one day Rabbit finds a new kind of candy bar lying on the street. …

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The first book ever published by Matt Christopher now in a special Anniversary Edition that is a faithful fascimile of the original book first published in 1954. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, this edition reinstates the illustrations from the original edition, and celebrates the classic story. Will Marvin find his lucky bat—and his confidence—in time …

Read More “The Lucky Baseball Bat”

When Harry the Airedale is grounded for nipping another dog, Mike is forced to muddle through a baseball game without his best friend’s encouragement. He hits a crucial triple, but with the team’s weakest batter up next, how will he ever score the game-winning run? Out of nowhere comes a fuzzy, four-legged miracle to make …

Read More “The Dog That Stole Home”