2009 Reading with the Rebels - New Market Rebels Baseball

Reading with the Rebels in 2009

Each year the Rebels players and coaches gather at the ballpark for "Reading with the Rebels," a program to promote youth literacy sponsored by the Rebels and the New Market Area Library. These photos were taken by Melissa Dodge.

Coach Lucas Jones dicusses the importance of reading.
Joe Hammond shares a Dr. Seuss book.
Garret Baker reads to a rapt audience.
Kenny Mickens, Garret Baker, and Zach Helgeson read and listen to stories.

Steve-O listens to a young reader.
Kenny Bryant shows off his book handling skills while McKinnon Langston takes note.
Spencer Clifft swaps stories with a couple of firecrackers.
Jay Lively takes a turn reading.

Coach Jones shares a book with a happy group.
Jake Guengerich paints faces.
Anna Kipps shows the guys how it's done.
James Weiner tries his hand at creating a cat face.

Matt Burnside and his new little buddy.
Kenny pitches in the whiffle ball game.
Richie Gonzales reads a Dr. Seuss book in Spanish.

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