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Catch: A Kids Book about Baseball, Family, and Growing Up

by D. C. Swanson

Family ties, told through baseball

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Family ties, told through baseball

Baseball provides the shape for this family story: a son’s changing availability for a catch with his dad, and the catches they share or miss along the way. Told in rhyming verse and accompanied by scratchboard illustrations, the book connects growing up with love, patience, regret, and renewal. Its focus on small moments between parents and children gives the game a family dimension beyond the ballpark.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children and families who enjoy stories about parent-child relationships
  • Young readers interested in baseball-themed books
  • Families looking for a rhyming story about growing up

Themes

Family bondsGrowing upBaseballPatience and renewal

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Book overview

Baseball has brought families together for generations, but what happens when a son no longer has time for a catch with his dad? Catch, a children's book written by D.C. Swanson and featuring the scratchboard illustrations of Clint Hansen, follows the story of a family as they learn about love, patience, regret, and renewal through the baseball catches they have with one another and the catches they never got to have.

Catch will remind families who watch a young little leaguer grow up and leave the park behind that some memorable family moments are worth waiting for. Written in rhyming verse for children aged 5-10 and their families, Catch is Swanson and Hansen's second children's book.

"A beautiful and moving ode to a parent's love and the unbreakable bonds between children and parents." -Sylvia Liu, award-winning picture book and middle grade author

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