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Casey at the Bat
by Christopher Bing
Picture book · ages 6–10 · grades 1–5 · 620L
Why we'd hand it over
Bing's 1996 illustration edition rescues this 1888 poem from dusty anthology status—the watercolor grandstands, period detail, and visual pacing make Casey's cockiness and collapse genuinely felt by modern kids who've never heard the original.