Monday, August 3, 2015


This summer you can read your way into PNC Park by participating in Pirates Tales, a program brought to you by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

If you are between the ages of 4-12 you can still participate in Pirates Tales through the month of August. All you have to do is read as many books as you can. After finishing each book complete and return an entry form to one of the Youth Services librarians, and consider yourself entered to win! You can pick up and entry form at the library, print one off from the link below, or fill out an online form. At the end of the summer, three lucky readers from each participating library will be chosen to receive tickets to a 2016 Pirates game and other great prizes. Each form you fill counts as a chance to win, so the more you read, the more chances you have. So get reading and Let's Go Bucs!

Pirates Tale Entry Form

Suggested Books About Baseball

PreKindergarten - Kindergarten
Lester, Helen, Batter Up Wombat
Meshon, Aaron , Take me out to the Yakyu
Rey, Margret Curious George Plays Baseball

Grades 1 - 2
Golenbock, Peter, ABCs of Baseball
Kelly, David A., The Ballpark Mysteries series
Rosenstock, Barb, The Streak : How Joe DiMaggio became America's Hero

Grades 3 - 4
Dobrow, Larry, Derek Jeter's Ultimate Baseball Guide 2015
Gutman, Dan, Willie and Me Kelly, David A., The Fenway Foul-Up
Stewart, Mark, The Pittsburgh Pirates

Grades 5 - 6
Kelley, James, Baseball
Lupica, Mike, The Only Game: A Home Team Novel
Tooke, Wes, King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige


-Amanda