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Parents' Guide to

Baseball Bob

By Maria Strom, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Kids will accept that a dinosaur plays baseball.

Book William Joyce Sports 1999
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age 2+

Based on 1 parent review

age 2+

i laughed

very funny. kids will accept it, but you could write a whole page on how confusing (for older people) it is. WEIRD FUNNY sorta SAD (when he gets arrested)

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: (1 ):
Kids say: Not yet rated

Joyce creates an effective air of mystery reminiscent of Chris Van Allsburg in the board-book adaptation of an episode from Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo.

Readers are drawn into the story and accept that a dinosaur has human friends and plays baseball. Joyce effectively mixes an old-fashioned American scene with elements of the exotic: The Lazardo family's turbaned servant appears on the pages and feels right at home on a baseball field.

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