{"id":21183,"date":"2013-11-13T22:35:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T02:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21183"},"modified":"2013-11-13T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T02:35:18","slug":"review-of-take-me-out-to-the-yakyu-by-aaron-meshon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21183","title":{"rendered":"Review of Take Me Out to the Yakyu, by Aaron Meshon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/take_me_out_to_the_yakyu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/take_me_out_to_the_yakyu.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"take_me_out_to_the_yakyu\" width=\"160\" height=\"133\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22641\" \/><\/a><em>Take Me Out to the Yakyu<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Aaron Meshon<\/p>\n<p>Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, 2013.  40 pages.<\/p>\n<p>This picture book shows a boy attending a baseball game in America with his pop pop and a baseball game (yakyu) in Japan with his ji ji.  In parallel pages, you see how the game unfolds at the two different places \u2013 what\u2019s alike and what\u2019s different.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this was fun, because my son got to attend a game in Japan when he was in middle school, and one of his comments was about all the noisemakers in Japan.  Sure enough, in this book, the boy\u2019s pop pop gets him a giant foam hand, but his ji ji gets him a giant plastic horn.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a glossary in the back, in case you didn\u2019t catch what all the Japanese words meant, as well as an author\u2019s note explaining some of the differences.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always liked seeing what little everyday details are the same or different in different cultures, and this book is full of that in the context of a baseball game.  Here in Fairfax County, several local elementary schools have Japanese immersion programs, and this book will be perfect for those kids.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.simonandschuster.com\/\">KIDS.SimonandSchuster.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1442441771\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/take_me_out_to_the_yakyu.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/take_me_out_to_the_yakyu.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, 2013. 40 pages. This picture book shows a boy attending a baseball game in America with his pop pop and a baseball game (yakyu) in Japan with his ji ji. 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