A hearty welcome back to Herbie Jones now spending the summer between third and fourth grades trying to learn baseball . . . this has the same warm friendship between the hero and his buddy Ray, and a gentle message about tyring your best.--Booklist.
Herbie's Uncle Dwight has been hired as coach which leads the boys to conclude that he is going to marry their teacher. Of course, Herbie sets out to solve the problem in typical third-grade fashion.--School Library Journal.