Lion’s Lair

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
            While a picture book by classification, I found this short but intense story an igniter of thought.  We are known by the name that our parents gave us.  Did they have special reasons for giving us that name?  Our name helps define who we are.  What an important factor [...]

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             When I read this title, I was puzzled, I had never heard the phrase “Baseball Moon” before.  So I ordered a copy for the grandchildren and it arrived with a cover showing the silhouette of a boy playing a trumpet on a pier under a moon drawn as a baseball.   Now I am intrigued. 
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