# Books about baseball assigned in US schools

**5** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _baseball_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 2–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/baseball
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore baseball

- [Carl Deuker](https://readinglist.school/author/carl-deuker) (2 books)
- [Barbara Park](https://readinglist.school/author/barbara-park)

## baseball canon

- [Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos](https://readinglist.school/book/call-me-roberto) by Nathalie Alonso _(Grades 2–5)_
- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8)_
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Skinnybones](https://readinglist.school/book/skinnybones) by Barbara Park _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Goof that Won the Pennant](https://readinglist.school/book/the-goof-that-won-the-pennant) by Jonah Kalb _(Grades 4–8)_

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