cover image Play Ball!

Play Ball!

Jess M. Brallier. Price Stern Sloan, $5.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-8431-7722-0

Packaged in a plastic tube, Play Ball! by Jess Brailer, illus. by Sammy Yuen, reaches beyond the realm of baseball to teach the basics behind more than 25 games such as ""Pickle"" (which bears a strong resemblance to baseball but requires only three players) and ""Dodge Hockey."" A tennis ball-size soft rubber ball is included. ( Mar.)