{"id":1584,"date":"2023-09-18T05:50:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T21:52:27","slug":"curious-about-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/curious-about-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious about Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/curiousbaseballfc-960x1217.jpg?resize=525%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"666\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20230\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Curious about Baseball <\/em><br \/>\nby Thomas K. and Heather Adamson (Authors)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48jJFgO\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781681528441\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Questions and answers explain what kids can expect when they join a baseball team, including what gear to pack, some basic rules of play, and what those secret hand signals mean in this short chapter book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/curiousbaseballint-960x617.jpg?resize=525%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20231\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curious about Baseball by Thomas K. and Heather Adamson (Authors) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Questions and answers explain what kids can expect when they join a baseball team, including what gear to pack, some basic rules of play, and what those secret hand signals mean in this short chapter book. 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