At the Crack of the Bat: Baseball Poems

by Lillian Morrison, Steve Cieslawski (Illustrator)

An illustrated collection of poems, by a variety of authors, about the game and personalities of baseball

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Lillian Morrison's interest in poetry resulting from playing rhyming games with her friends such as jump rope and patty cake. As an adult, she wanted to make poetry fun and accessible for children. In her quest to become a writer, she earned one of her bachelor's degrees at Rutgers University in New Jersey and then another at Columbia University in New York.

She worked for many years at the New York Public Library in young adult services and was recognized as the recipient of the American Library Association's Grolier Award in 1987 for her contributions to stimulating the interests of young people through reading. She was particularly interested in folk rhymes, outdoor sports, dance, jazz and film, saying, "I love rhythms, the body movement implicit in poetry, explicit in sports--I am drawn to athletes, dancers, drummers, jazz musicians, who transcend misery and frustration and symbolize for us something joyous, ordered, and possible in life."

She spent nearly fifty years working at the New York Public Library and, during this time, also served as a lecturer at the schools where she developed her education, Rutgers and Columbia Universities.

Reviews

[117Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do not like poems and this was pretty good[::)

[Lea · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collection of baseball themed poems.