Field Beyond the Outfield Book

The Field Beyond the Outfield by Mark Teague is a picture book racing with fantasy. The main character Ludlow Grebe is a young boy afraid of the monsters in his closet and sharks swimming outside every time it rains, so his parents decide he needs to get out more. This is when Ludlow is introduced to baseball. Playing baseball kept the monsters as bay only for awhile, as time based Ludlow had a had time holding back the monsters.
One day in a game his c couch asked him to play in the back outfield, only to find himself playing a different game of baseball. Ludlow found that he was playing baseball with a group of monsters. After playing with the monsters he realized they were not as scary of he once thought them to be. After that game with the monsters Ludlow never complained about the monsters in his closet and went on to be ballplayer.
The illustrations in this picturebook are bright and painted with acrylic. The end pages are illustrations of a baseball field and monsters playing baseball, which is part of the story. The remainder of the illustrations framed in white to bring the viewers attention to the colorful illustrations. The text is done in black on a white background, in some openings the text is on the pages on the left and illustration on the right. This is done because the viewer reads the story from left to right.