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Author: William Joyce
Publisher: Harper & Row
Narrated by: Ed Asner
Description: While on safari in Africa with his family, Scotty Lazardo befriends a dinosaur he names Bob. Dinosaur Bob is a real pal with a hidden talent...he plays baseball! DINOSAUR BOB AND HIS ADVENTURES WITH THE FAMILY LAZARDO takes LeVar to spring training in Phoenix, Arizona, with the Oakland Athletics, where he gets baseball tips from the pros.
Activity Suggestion: Make a list of baseball words used in the program (batting cages, practice, outfield, coach pitcher, sliding, bases, batter, fly ball, fast ball, strike out). Now do a language experience story using these words with the children in your class as the main characters.
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