Batter Up Wombat
Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger
Paperback
(HMH Books for Young Readers, April 21, 2008)
The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. He’s having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. They’re excited to see a “Wham-bat” hit, but baseball seems to him like a strange game indeed as his literal interpretations of the lingo, such as “stealing third base,” lead to hilarious, and ultimately victorious, results.
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