{"id":1095,"date":"2013-05-17T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2013-07-17T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T19:58:51","slug":"whos-on-first-art-by-john-martz-book-review-fresh-look-at-abbott-costello-baseball-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"Who’s On First? art by John Martz (book review) – fresh look at Abbott & Costello baseball routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>“I’ll warn you – baseball players have some funny names these days.
\nNow let’s see…
\nWho’s on first.
\nWhat’s on second.
\nI Don’t Know’s on third.”<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s the classic Abbott and Costello baseball routine<\/a> – word for word – gone picture-book-style!
\nFun Friday, Children’s Book Week, and baseball season – all rolled into one.<\/p>\n

With every attempt by coach Abbott to teach the unusual player names<\/a> to new catcher Costello, the incoming team member’s frustration grows and grows.<\/p>\n

Whether you love comedy, baseball<\/a>, the ability of just a few bits of paint to convey intense emotion, or all of the above, put this Everybody book on your list. You can share it with a younger reader, give it to your dad (hint, hint – Father’s Day<\/a> is June 16 this year), or keep it for yourself to enjoy again and again.<\/p>\n

What other spoken-word classics would translate well to visual format?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: Who’s On First? \/ Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; illustrated by John Martz. Quirk Books, 2013. \u00a0 [authors’ site<\/a>]\u00a0 [illustrator site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] \u00a0 (Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher)<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: A baseball player asks his coach for the names of his new teammates. Despite Coach’s warning about funny names, the new catcher becomes more and more confused as the explanation goes on and on in this home run picture book presentation of Abbott and Costello’s classic comedy routine.<\/p>\n

The infield is easy: “Who’s on first. What’s on second. I Don’t Know’s on third” says Coach, a tall bear with a calm expression. The chubby bunny catcher’s puzzled face fills a whole page, as he tries to process this information.<\/p>\n

By the time they get to the outfield – “And the left fielder’s name?” asks the catcher. “Why” answers Coach – the bunny’s exasperation is extreme, and the procession of varied animals in pinstriped baseball shirts grows.<\/p>\n

Fans of baseball or funny stories or wacky humor will enjoy reading “Who’s On First?” again and again, enjoying illustrator Martz’s skill at making the players indeed look like teammates while keeping their own animal characteristics intact.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I’ll warn you – baseball players have some funny names these days. Now let’s see… Who’s on first. What’s on second. I Don’t Know’s on third.” Yes, it’s the classic Abbott and Costello baseball routine – word for word – gone picture-book-style! Fun Friday, Children’s Book Week, and baseball season – all rolled into one. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,19],"tags":[148,4,5,16,46,156,14,35,53,8],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-books","category-fiction","tag-baseball","tag-belonging","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-funny","tag-picturebook","tag-sports","tag-surprises","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2196,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/2196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}