Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
Author: Audrey Vernick
Illustrator: Steven Salerno
Publisher: Clarion/Harper Mifflin Harcourt
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Awards: New York Times Notable Book; Wall Street Journal Best of 2012; Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Book of the Year; Junior Library Guild Selection; Booklist Editor’s Choice; ALA Notable Children’s Book; BCCB Blue Ribbon Book; CCBC Choices; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Book Award; NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People; IRA Teachers’ Choices Reading List; California Young Readers Medal Winner; Children’s Sequoyah List (OK); Monarch Awards List (IL)
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
Author: Nancy Churnin
Illustrator: Jez Tuya
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Awards: 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book Finalist; 2017 North Texas Book Festival Best Children’s Books; New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016; 2017 Texas 2×2 Reading List; 2018 Illinois Monarch Award Master List; 2017 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List; 2017 Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College; 2018-2019 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice List; 2017-2018 Kennebec Valley Book Award List; Connecticut 2018 Charter Oak Children’s Book Awards List; 2017-2018 Armadillo Readers’ Choice Awards List