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Players In Pigtails
A winning new picture book about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League--written with sass and style by all-star Shana Corey with illustrations from promising young rookie Rebecca Gibbon.
Did you know that one of America's favorite songs, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," was written about a girl? And that in the 1940s girls all across America were crazy for our...more
Did you know that one of America's favorite songs, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," was written about a girl? And that in the 1940s girls all across America were crazy for our...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 1st 2003
by Scholastic Press
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There's nothing spectacular about the way the story is told and I really was not a fan of the illustrations (just the style of them--they included some nice "background" stuff to situate the story in WWII, though). I was interested to learn that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is actually supposed to be a girl singing to her boyfriend--that she doesn't want to go dancing, she wants him to take her to the ballgame! ;-p This book would probably be fun for girls who love sports (especially if they a...more
"Players in Pigtails" is a wonderful historical fiction book about how the first women's baseball team came together. The book is similar to the storyline in the movie "A League of Their Own". The book stars a young girl named Katie Casey who "wasn't good at being a girl".
One critique of this book is that in the beginning the book presents stereotypes of what a girl should be good at and what a girl should not be good at. The book does a nice job of saying that the definition of what made a gir...more
One critique of this book is that in the beginning the book presents stereotypes of what a girl should be good at and what a girl should not be good at. The book does a nice job of saying that the definition of what made a gir...more
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In today's modern world girls play soccer, baseball, basketball, hockey, and golf just to name a few. However in the 1940s and before, it was practically unheard of for a girl to play sports. So you can imagine how Katie Casey felt with her passion being baseball. Katie Casey does not fit in with other girls her age. She isn't good at cooking, dancing, or sewing in fact she is a little bit of a mess. The only thing she can think about is baseball, and girls just don't play baseball. Every year s...more
This is a story about the first woman's baseball league! It has a similar story line to the movie, A League Of Their Own. The story starts out with a little girl who loves baseball. She goes to every game and try outs every year. However, girls were not allowed to play baseball. During World War II, however, that changed. With all the men at war, it gave women their first chance at playing professional baseball. Phillip Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs, had an idea to let women play baseba...more
Katie Casey is in a league of her own: "She preferred sliding to sewing, batting to baking, and home runs to homecoming." Unfortunately, baseball is not considered ladylike in 1942. Nobody would let Katie play baseball untill ...all the men go to war and fans are getting crazy and mad without their national pastime. Coaches decide to start a women's baseball league. Katie attends try outs and makes the team. It's opening game and the bottom of the ninth, Katie comes up to bat for her team with t...more
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*Starred Review* K-Gr. 3. The author of You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer (2000) is back, and using the movie A League of Their Own as inspiration, has penned an exuberant tribute to the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She opens with all the words to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," including the opening lines that show the 1908 song is in a female voice. Setting the story during World War II, Corey introduces baseball-mad Katie Casey. Katie doesn't dan...more
The message behind the book Players in Pigtails made it a great book to read. This book was based on women in the 1940s who were not allowed to play sports. Around this time the men were fighting in the World War II, and the women were given the opportunity to play baseball. This book showed how women were able to get a chance to play a sport nobody thought they could play. As a literacy teacher I would use this text inside the classroom to discuss a history lesson about women and their roles in...more
Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey is a piece of historical fiction that both boys and girls will enjoy. Inspired by the movie, A League of Their Own, Corey did a little digging into the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. What she uncovered, is that the song we all know and love "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is about a GIRL, Katey Casey. This book is a wonderful piece of text that challenges traditional gender roles. Kasey is "not ladylike" and her interests, the mo...more
Players In Pigtails written by Shana Corey and illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon. This book told a story of a girl names Katie Casey. Katie Casey was no ordinary teenage girl, Casey loved everything about baseball. During World War II the professional baseball players who were all men at the time, were going off to fight for the war and the fields were left empty. Phillip Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs, came up with an idea to form a women's baseball league. He sent his scouts out to find wo...more
This book is a realistic fiction story about a young girl who has dreams of playing professional baseball. It takes place in the 1940s when women were not allowed a place in professional sports. At a time when men were off fighting in World War II, women were given the opportunity to play professional baseball.
As a literacy teacher I would use this text in the classroom. I would discuss with students how some literature may be based upon historical events despite the fact that it is a fiction s...more
As a literacy teacher I would use this text in the classroom. I would discuss with students how some literature may be based upon historical events despite the fact that it is a fiction s...more
Did you know there was an All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s? Girls from all over America came together to play baseball. Shana Corey imagines one of the girls who didn’t fit the mold of the “typical” girl but proved herself by playing baseball, despite being made fun of and discouraged by others. When my son and I read it together, he said, “Mom, those people were pretty mean. Girls can play baseball if they want to.”
A fun fact: One of America’s favorite songs, “Take M...more
A fun fact: One of America’s favorite songs, “Take M...more
The pictures are flat and are in a cartoon style, that would be appealing for children even though it is set in the time period of 1940s.The pictures are drawn with pastels and are light and softly drawn. The pictures are instrument to representing different states and everything has free-form shape. The illustrator really puts a lot of texture and lines into each of outfits and is the most important part of each page as they are given the most detail. The backgrounds are little sketches so ther...more
Katie Casey wanted to play baseball back in the 1940s when girls didn't play ball. Everyone told her she couldn't do it, but she tried anyway and got to play in the first and only girls' professional baseball league. This book shows how girls proved everyone wrong by entering into a sport that was previously only for boys.
Potential Audience: Grades 2-6 (older kids can use for reference)
Genre: Biography, history, picture book
Curricular Use: Read-aloud, independent reading, reference (upper grade...more
Potential Audience: Grades 2-6 (older kids can use for reference)
Genre: Biography, history, picture book
Curricular Use: Read-aloud, independent reading, reference (upper grade...more
Dec 03, 2012
Emily Farmer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kindergarten - 4th grade
Shelves:
realistic-fiction
When Katie Casey wasn't good at being a girl, but she loved the game of baseball. She was told by many that baseball wasn't for girls, but when the War started and all the men were going off to fight there were no boys left to play baseball. That's when the girls professional baseball league started up and Katie Casey was there to play! This is an excellent book showing women power. I like that Katie never gave up on her dreams. I would use this in my classroom when talking about male/female car...more
This book provides a great message! To little girls and their dreams, and to all others with dreams! This book shows what it's like to be different than everyone else and have other interests. I like that this book teaches kids that there was a time where females weren't aloud, or it was frowned upon, to play sports. This can also be led into a discussion about females in America and the struggles and triumphs we have been through as a gender. This is a fun picture book, and it teaches a great l...more
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Sports are really not our thing so I didn't have much expectations reading this but I was pleasantly suprised with the pretty engaging story of the beginnings of the female baseball league. It was an odd combination of facts and fiction and it was a bit unsatisfying because of that. Also, one point off for drawing the girl from Texas standing in front of saguaros. That might just be my pet peeve, but there are NO SAGUAROS in Texas. Not in New Mexico either.
Sports are really not our thing so I didn't have much expectations reading this but I was pleasantly suprised with the pretty engaging story of the beginnings of the female baseball league. It was an odd combination of facts and fiction and it was a bit unsatisfying because of that. Also, one point off for drawing the girl from Texas standing in front of saguaros. That might just be my pet peeve, but there are NO SAGUAROS in Texas. Not in New Mexico either.
All the girls proved that they were good enough to play a guys sport, baseball. The story takes place in 1942, when all of the men were off to war and the women finally have a chance to step up to the plate and show that they can play just as well as men can.
I believe this story would be good for young children. The lesson being that no matter what people tell you , you can achieve anything possible, especially if you strongly believe you can do it!
I watched this book on YOUTUBE.COM
I believe this story would be good for young children. The lesson being that no matter what people tell you , you can achieve anything possible, especially if you strongly believe you can do it!
I watched this book on YOUTUBE.COM
The story was one of the best female stories I have ever read. It focused on lots of many aspects taht usually are not discussed in books. Women were not allowed to play baseball till the war, and many women loved to play! They finally had the oppurtunity, and they were still doubted. Sure enough though they pulled through and in the end accoplished something amazing. It is a great stor for women and equality, and the fact that women can do any sport.
Pretty much, I'll read anything by Shana Corey because she's proven to me she's going to deliver a really fun, interesting story with some good research behind it. This book covers a lot of the same territory of A League of Their Own, but as it turns out, the 2nd & 3rd graders I was reading this with this week have never heard of that movie - go figure. This book is also available on a Scholastic DVD being read (and sung) by Zoe Deschanel and is really good.
Katie Casey takes the bat in this story based on a line from "Take Me Out To The BallGame" and an amalgam of the real young women who formed the Girls' Professional Baseball League in the mid-20th century. The retro art style, colors, and scenes emphasize the times, and the social attitudes are almost jarring to today's sensibilities: "What good is baseball to a girl"? In Casey's case, it was EVERYTHING!
I had no idea there were so many books about the women's baseball league until I found some through assignments for this class. I am glad that they exist because so often sports themed stories are directed towards young boys. Even though I didn't love this book I am glad that there are books like this available to young boys and girls. It is with books like this that we can combat stereotypes.
I really enjoyed this book simply because I think it really represents women. During the 1940's girls were not allowed to play ball and yet Katie was determined to do it. The illustrations through out the book I believe really fit along side of story line. In the classroom I think this could be a great book to get conversation going about how women were treated back in time. Good book!
I enjoyed this book and the illistrations in it. It is a story about the first womens baseball league. This book would teach gender equality in the classroom and it teaches a lesson that all things are possible if you work hard. The girls in this class work their way up to being able to start the very first ladies baseball league. I think kids would enjoy this.
I didn't really find anything spectacular about the main story itself, but did really enjoy the Author's Note at the end where she shares why she wrote this book. She also gives us some insight into the AAGPBL which had its start here in the Mid-West with two teams actually being from Wisconsin, so I found that quite interesting.
This book combines a little bit of history about women's baseball with gender roles and I love it. It has great pictures and even gives you a fun baseball song to sing. It would be great for history or just a fun book to read. Some of the words may be tricky so a lesson on look backs and context clues would also be great.
I found this book enthralling. What a delightful bit of history told in a wonderfully entertaining way! I did not realize that there had been a professional league for women's baseball. What an empowering message for today's girls!
player in pigtaila is abou a girl and she loves to play baseball.the boys did not let the girl play baseball when she asked can she play baseball.one day a man said girls are aloud to play baseball.
PB 23: I never knew this had happened! Wow, this book chose a very interesting topic that we don't talk about much, and presented it in a very beautiful and simplistic way.
A great representation of the first woman's baseball team. I love how the book shows that its important to be who you are and not who your expected to be.
Nov 03, 2010
N_hannahkang
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-fiction
This was my NON-PRINT option. I preferred the book version over the audio version (although the songs at the end were nice)
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Jan 28, 2009 09:04am
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