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My First Book of Baseball, the second Rookie Book from Sports Illustrated Kids, coaches young kids through the game of baseball with a visual retelling of an actual MLB game--from the first pitch to the game winning hit! Strikes, outs, steals, foul balls, home runs and more are all explained using a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text with engaging graphics, and a full glossary of essential baseball terms and phrases. An illustrated rookie player character also appears on every page, providing fun facts to help the next generation of fans better understand the game. Perfect for beginning readers, My First Book of Baseball is meant to be a shared reading experience between parents and their young minor league rookies before, during, and after the ball game.

Beth Bugler is the Creative Director of Sports Illustrated Kids and has designed many books including 1st and 10: Top 10 Lists of Everything in Football.

Mark Bechtel covered NASCAR for Sports Illustrated for nine years and is now a senior editor for the magazine. In addition, he wrote the narration for the 2004 movie NASCAR 3-D: The IMAX Experience.