Oliver's Game

9780763618520. Pre-owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 32. Picture book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Tavares Baseball Books. Intended for a juvenile audience. Set during the 1940s and present-day Chicago, this story celebrates baseball and Chicago's favorite team with a nostalgic twist. Stunning black-and-white and sepia-tone illustrations enhance this portrayal of one man's lifelong love of baseball.

Author-illustrator Matt Tavares hits the ball out of the park with a luminously illustrated tale about the joy of baseball, generational bonds, and the immutable power of dreams. Oliver Hall loves baseball. He loves the ritual of helping out in his grandfather’s store, Hall’s Nostalgia, and he loves listening to Grandpa Hall’s innumerable baseball stories. But one day, Oliver makes a startling discovery. It seems his grandfather has kept one very special story a secret: his own. With stunning black-and-white and sepia-tone illustrations and a heartwarming narrative, Matt Tavares portrays one man’s lifelong love of the game, and the enduring legacy he passes on to his grandchild.