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“Bend to the left,
bend to the right,
stretch those muscles,
too tense too tight...“

I could use “Warm Up“ (the first poem in this book) to get the kids a little active in the classroom. This would be good for a younger audience.

I read the first poem in this book titled “Warm Up“. Its a light read that rhymes and keeps attention.

“I'm the curve-ball creator,
the master on the mound.“

I would use this book because it is light-hearted and fun for the students to read.

This collection of poems was very fun and had a positive tone throughout the collection. The imagery and style of text will catch the interests of the kids and keep them engaged.

“Stitch it, pitch it, drive it, ditch it.“

I love the play on words with the title of the book

Published in 2012 this collection of poems about baseball is really cute. I liked how it rhymed every other line. I like how it gives a lot of real information about the game of baseball.

Stitch it
pitch it
drive it
ditch it
pund it
ground it
bounce it
bound it
bash it
smash it
crash it
mash it
hit it
split it

been there
did it

This is a good segway into poetry for those that are into sports.

The poem that I read was a baseball. This poem has a simple and repetitive style making it easy to read and catchy.

“First, second, third, HOME!“

This is a good poetry book for young boys because it is about the sport baseball. The poems inside the book are short and simple which makes it easy to read for young children. The illustrations also look like they are done by young children which helps the kids relate better.

This is a poetry book all about baseball. The poems go in order from the beginning of baseball season to the end of the baseball season. The poems also go in order from the beginning of the game to the end. This is a great book for young boys I would say. The poems include rhyming words and concrete poems.

I smashed a line drive deep to right. It cleared the fence, clear out of sight. First, second, third, home, and then I ran home And wrote down this poem.

I really liked the details in the illustrations and the rhyming words chosen. I think this would be a great book for children to read, especially if they are interested in baseball.

I really enjoyed these poems because they all rhymed and they talked about each position and what they do in baseball. I thought it was really awesome how the author incorporated home runs and the baseball season ending as the book was ending too.

“Im the strikeout collector. You‘ll only hit air. The slim-lead protector- Beware! Beware!

My favorite part about this book is all the illustrations and I love how some of the words are slanted down and sideways.

Poem Runs by Douglas Florian published in 2012 had the cutest poems about baseball. This is especially great if some of my students are baseball players because they can relate to the poems. It talks about all the different baseball positions. One of the poems called the Pitcher talks about how pitchers are curve ball creators and are the man on the mound. A strikeout collector who says you will only hit air. I think the words they use are funny!

“They say I‘m lazy, but I know how to pick a daisy”

This is such a cute book. I played softball in high school so I took pictures of all of the positions my friends played and I‘m going to send them to them I‘m excited to hear their reactions. It was so so good.

Poem Runs by Douglas Florian is a collection of poems. It was written in 2012. This book went through all the positions on a baseball team. The descriptions all flowed so well and made so much sense it made me laugh. The illustrations look like they were done by kids and that adds to the whole amazing-ness of the book.

“Our sluggers can zing
Each pitch you might hurl.
And one other thing:
Our slugger‘s a girl.”

I love baseball so I was drawn to this story and it definitely delivered. I thought this was a great pick for any classroom but I might be biased since it‘s my favorite sport.

This 2012 collection of poems focuses on baseball. This story had lots of rhyme and each poem focused on a different position in the game. I think this is a great story for all the sports buffs in your classroom.

“Bend to the left. Bend to the right. S t r e t c h out those muscles.”

Florian‘s formation of words in his stanzas really stuck out to me. If the word was “stretch” he would stretch the word out giving it an emphasis.

Poem Runs published in 2012 by Douglas Florian is such a cute book. I like the run on the title “Poem” instead of “Run”, I thought it was clever.

My favorite poem out of the collection of baseball poems in this was the “Our Slugger” poem. I like the way it rhymed every other line and how it was empowering for little girls. “Our slugger is strong. our slugger is mean, with arms very long and eyesight quite keen. our slugger can zing each pitch you may hurl. and one other thing: our slugger‘s a girl.”

I liked the illustrations and how they looked like children made them and the different formations or the words. For example:

(2012) Poem runs is a collection of poems centered around baseball. Most of them have to do with the players/people involved (umpire, first basemen, base stealer). The poems are quick, and a lot of them rhymed. It also pulls your senses in a lot, explaining how the positions are and what they do. You can really put yourself in the shoes of a baseball player, and you can see things-like the field, the bases

First base is the worst base.

This book would be great for 3rd graders.

This was an interesting read about baseball. It was very descriptive and easy read. Some children might be disinterested.

I would use this book in the classroom because it‘s fun to look at and I like the rhyming.

This is a good poetry book because it uses rhymes and it is contrived. It also uses onomatopoeias. It also has words like “stretch” stretched out which is also very cool.