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In David A. Adler\u2019s Mama Played Baseball<\/em> (Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2003), set in the days of World War II, Amy\u2019s father has gone to war and her mother, who needs a job, decides to become a professional baseball player. (But \u201cbaseball is just a game,\u201d Amy thought.) She changes her mind, however, when her mother joins the All-American Girls\u2019 Professional Baseball League. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/players-in-pigtails-272x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Shana Corey\u2019s Players in Pigtails<\/em> (Scholastic Press, 2003) is the story of feisty Katie Casey who, though a disaster at dancing and baking,\u00a0 could \u201ccatch any ball with any mitt with her eyes closed\u201d and \u201chit any ball with any bat with one hand behind her back.\u201d She comes into her own in 1942, when she tries out for the newly formed all-girls team, the Kenosha Comets. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mighty-jackie-225x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Marissa Moss\u2019s Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen<\/em> (Simon & Schuster, 2004) is the picture-book story of Jackie Mitchell, 17-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts, who \u2013 in an exhibition game in 1931 \u2013 struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. (She won the day, but women were still banned from professional baseball.) For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/girl-wonder-218x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Deborah Hopkinson\u2019s Girl Wonder<\/em> (Aladdin, 2006) is the picture-book story of Alta Weiss who \u2013 despite many objections – wangled a place as pitcher for the all-male Vermilion Independents in 1907. Soon she was the star of the team and people flocked to see the \u201cGirl Wonder.\u201d Told in the first person, this is a delightful read. An appendix includes a biography of Weiss and a timeline of women in baseball. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dirt-on-skirts-249x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n | | | | | | | | |