Here Comes the Strikeout by Leonard Kessler

I thought I should read a picture book with sports because I am a huge sports fan...especially baseball/softball. My Aunt also gave me this book after one of my softball games. She wrote this inside of the book. "You have inspired hundreds of kids by working hard toward your goals." I think that is why I love this book so much. Even though I know what is going to happen at the end of the book before I even opened it up to the first page. It's the middle of the book that really inspires me.

Leonard Kessler did a great job of first starting off with the lucky bat. Many people think they can become successful or fulfill a dream by luck (some of it can be luck) but there has to be hard work put forward. Just like his mother said in the book, " you must work until you are a good hitter."

The illustrations and text work hand in hand in the book. The text is much larger and takes up more room but there are also many different pictures placed on the page. I think this makes it focus on both parts of the book. They are both essential to the story.