My Little Golden Book About Banana Ball

Illustrated by Giovanni Abeille
Hardcover
$6.99 US
On sale Feb 02, 2027 | 24 Pages | 9798217232963

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Read all about Banana Ball, the exciting twist on baseball known for dancing players, awesome trick plays, and fast-paced fun!

Everyone's going bananas for Banana Ball! Get to know the teams, including the Savannah Bananas, the Party Animals, and the Indianapolis Clowns; the athletes, including the world's tallest baseball player (thanks to his stilts!); the rules of the game, including if a fan catches a foul ball it counts as an out, and so much more! This illustrated introduction to Banana Ball is sure to be a home run with young fans!
SIMON BOUGHTON has worked as an editor and publisher of children’s books for the past thirty years, and is the author of The Wild River and the Great Dam, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editors’ Choice, and Bank Street College Best Book of the Year. He divides his time between his home in Delaware County in upstate New York and New York City.

GIOVANNI ABEILLE was born and raised in Naples, a beautiful city in southen Italy overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Giovanni illustrated Michael J. Fox: A Little Golden Book Biography.

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Read all about Banana Ball, the exciting twist on baseball known for dancing players, awesome trick plays, and fast-paced fun!

Everyone's going bananas for Banana Ball! Get to know the teams, including the Savannah Bananas, the Party Animals, and the Indianapolis Clowns; the athletes, including the world's tallest baseball player (thanks to his stilts!); the rules of the game, including if a fan catches a foul ball it counts as an out, and so much more! This illustrated introduction to Banana Ball is sure to be a home run with young fans!

Author

SIMON BOUGHTON has worked as an editor and publisher of children’s books for the past thirty years, and is the author of The Wild River and the Great Dam, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editors’ Choice, and Bank Street College Best Book of the Year. He divides his time between his home in Delaware County in upstate New York and New York City.

GIOVANNI ABEILLE was born and raised in Naples, a beautiful city in southen Italy overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Giovanni illustrated Michael J. Fox: A Little Golden Book Biography.

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