Eyeball Animation: Ten Little Kittens Book

Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy is a book about Shoeless Joe Jackson and his path to being one of the greatest baseball players ever. Because Shoeless Joe wants to be great, he has one of the best baseball bat makers create a bat that will help him hit well. On a few different occasions, Joe hits super well in the minors but then slumps when he gets to the majors prompting advice from the bat maker each time. At long last though, Shoeless Joe finds the right combination of taking care of his well-made bat and hitting and wins rookie of the year in the majors while hitting some incredible numbers. He will eventually go on to become one for the history books.

A major theme of this book is persistence. Shoeless Joe is persistent in his dream of becoming one of the best, and ensures that he does everything possible to make it to the big leagues and hit well. His hard work and persistence take him to incredible heights.

The book was a little slow to read, especially with a lot of repetition of previous lines used. However, because I grew up knowing about and reading about Shoeless Joe Jackson, I loved reading more about how he became one of the greatest of all time.

Because repetition works well with children, I would recommend this book especially since it teaches the valuable lesson of persistence, hard work, and fighting for what you want to achieve. Children need to know that the world is at their fingertips if they want it to be.