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Joy in Mudville
Joy in Mudville
Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: November 21, 2014
Review
Cream of the Crop. Charming, matching the period in time, clean illustrations. The story is told as a creative inspiration in poetic, rhyming format. And the inspiration for the book is the famous poem, Casey at the Bat. Joy Anderson, a relief pitcher steps forward after the failure of Casey the Bat in Mudville, if one does not know the story of Casey at the Bat, the poem is at the end of the book. Well needless to say there is "joy" once again in Mudville because of Joy and her sports ability. So a girl saves the day in 1927 in a man's sport. A great book all around for all ages. Not a boy or girl book but an everyone book.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Raczka, Bob
Illustrator: Dibley, Glin
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: realistic fiction
Audience: all ages
Binding Type: library binding
Binding Quality: very good
ISBN: 9780761360155
Price: 17.95