This book was another "easy reader" meant for grade two and three. It was set up like a chapter book but but there were illustrations on each page and there were only like a paragraph worth of text on each page. It would be a very good book for readers that still need the illustration clues as a little boost. The illustrations were cartoons and not fantastic but they definitely told the story as they were meant to. I think it was very relatable for children that age with a younger brother or sister wanting to be just like them and do everything that he/she does. I know back when I was that young my sister was always following me around and trying to do what I did. The language used in the book was also very appropriate. The main character was the big brother and you could read the text like he was telling you, the reader, the story. Another main theme in the book was baseball and kids at that the second grade level are just starting to get into the game and real develop a strong love for it. I used this book with my second grade child study and he related to a lot of aspects of the book. The characters in the book were diverse. There were female loving baseball as much as the males and there were many different ethnicities. That was encouraging to see because girls can be just as "in to" baseball as boys are, especially at that age and any one at any age can play the game.
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