num_pages: 32
description: Reginald loves to create beautiful music on his violin. But Papa, manager of the Dukes, the worst team in the Negro National League, needs a bat boy, not a "fiddler," and traveling with the Dukes doesn't leave Reginald much time for practicing.  Soon the Dukes' dugout is filled with Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach -- and the bleachers are filled with the sound of the Dukes' bats. Has Reginald's violin changed the Dukes' luck -- and can his music pull off a miracle victory against the powerful Monarchs?  Gavin Curtis's beautifully told story of family ties and team spirit and E. B. Lewis's lush watercolor paintings capture a very special period in history.
language: English
title: The Bat Boy & His Violin
titlecomplete: The Bat Boy & His Violin
genres: Sports, Childrens, Baseball, African American, Music, Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, Family
ratings_count: 527
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Aladdin