Game 2: #2 in the Barnstormers Tales of the Travelin' Nine Series

#1 New York Times Best Seller LOREN LONG's illustrations have received two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and his first picture book, Angela Johnson's I Dream of Trains, won the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award for Illustrations and his inspired interpretation of Walt Whitman's When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer was a Golden Kite Honor. A much sought after editorial artist whose work has appeared in Times, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and Atlantic Monthly, Loren is widely known for the illustrations in Madonna's #1 New York Times Best seller Mr. Peabody's Apples. and Watty Piper's The Little Engine That Could. He lives in West Chester, Ohio, with his wife, Tracy, and two young sons, Griffith and Graham.

In this second book in the Barnstormers series, the Travelin Nine undertake their second baseball game in Louisville, Kentucky. Mystery continues to shroud the team. What power does the special baseball have when the three Payne children touch it? How are the horses--invisible to most--that appear on the ball field influencing the game? What is the connection between these questions and the childrens uncle and deceased father? Josh Hamilton brings wonder and a youthful sound to this production. He voices each Payne child distinctively, and listeners will hear each childs relief and sense of accomplishment as pieces of the puzzle are put into place. As narrator, Hamilton uses a veiled voice that heightens the mysteries surrounding this baseball game. A.R. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine