This book is an absolute home run for kids who like baseball. I read it with my older son a few years back and just re-read it with my baseball-playing fourth grader. He liked it so much he asked if I was going to feature it on this blog, and he recently came home from school having discovered another book in the series.
Honus and Me is the first in a series of baseball card adventures that follow 12-year-old Joe Stoshack, a kid from Louisville who can travel back in time to meet actual baseball players from history simply by holding their baseball cards. Joe’s life-changing adventures begin when he discovers an old, extremely rare Honus Wagner baseball card while cleaning out an elderly neighbor’s attic. Honus first appears in Joe’s room, and then invites Joe to travel back to the 1909 World Series when his Pittsburgh Pirates battled the Detroit Tigers in a seven-game series. Joe gets a chance to play in a historic game and discovers he, too, can be a great ballplayer if he believes in himself.
The book is an easy length, about 135 pages, and it being presented as historical fiction offers an entertaining way to learn some really interesting baseball history. We also enjoyed the book’s historic photos.
Mom, which book is next? 