Download or read book Batter Up Wombat written by Helen Lester and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. He’s having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. They’re excited to see a “Wham-bat” hit, but baseball seems to him like a strange game indeed as his literal interpretations of the lingo, such as “stealing third base,” lead to hilarious, and ultimately victorious, results.