The Thing Lenny Loves Most About Baseball by Andrew Larsen, Milan Pavlovi?, Milan Pavlović
Published by Kids Can Press on October 5, 2021
ISBN: 1771389168
Pages: 32
Genres: Sports
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Lenny is obsessed with baseball and dreams of becoming a baseball great like the ones he constantly reads about. The problem is Lenny is not a natural baseball great. He’s discouraged with the trouble he’s having catching the ball but thanks to a good attitude and a laid-back, supportive father, Lenny decides the game is worth some extra work. Predictably, after lots of practice Lenny gets better. Not as predictably, Lenny comes to accept that he might not end up being a baseball hero but loving the game is good enough.

We all know kids who have the inclination to give up when they’re not immediately good at something and this would be a great book to help them recognize that practice is so important with anything you want to be good at. And sometimes it’s enough to set aside notions of greatness and just love what you’re doing.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath