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Charlie Plays Ball Audiobook Summary

Ree Drummond, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pioneer Woman Cooks series of books, and her lovable hound Charlie trade in nap time for game time in Charlie Plays Ball.

Life on the ranch means lots of time outside, either helping out with the cattle or tossing around a ball with the family. From football to soccer to basketball, Charlie’s ready to jump into the game and take his team to victory.

But Charlie’s favorite part of sports comes after the winning goal when everyone breaks for a postgame meal. He may be more of a benchwarmer when it comes to athletics, but Charlie will always be the MVP of dinnertime!

A sweet and funny follow-up to the New York Times bestselling book Charlie the Ranch Dog from Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman.

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Charlie Plays Ball Audiobook Narrator

Ree Drummond is the narrator of Charlie Plays Ball audiobook that was written by Ree Drummond

Ree Drummond is the author of seven #1 New York Times bestselling cookbooks in the Pioneer Woman Cooks series, the New York Times bestsellers Frontier Follies and The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, and many bestselling children’s books. Her award-winning website, The Pioneer Woman, was founded in 2006 and showcases her cooking, photography, and anecdotes about country life. Her top-rated cooking show, The Pioneer Woman, premiered on Food Network in 2011, and in the years to follow, Ree launched The Pioneer Woman magazine, a well-loved line of kitchen and home products, and a restaurant, store, and other businesses in her hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She lives on a working ranch with her family, horses, cows, and pups.

About the Author(s) of Charlie Plays Ball

Ree Drummond is the author of Charlie Plays Ball

Subjects

The publisher of the Charlie Plays Ball is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is General, Juvenile Fiction, Sports & Recreation

Additional info

The publisher of the Charlie Plays Ball is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780062346155.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Fredrick

July 08, 2017

Based on her life living on a ranch, Drummond has written a book for youthful readers about a dog's life on the ranch with an active family. It is well illustrated iin color that should help hod a child's interest.

Sean

April 07, 2019

Life on a ranch is hard work. Everyone has a job, and it's Charlies job to keep the pesky creators away. Even though they all work hard on the ranch, they play hard to. The play football, basketball, soccer, and more. This book shows young readers that it's important to work hard, but also enjoy yourself and have fun with the people you love. The book also teaches young readers about different kinds of sports and the equipment used in each of those sports. The illustrations in this book are very well done and detailed. On the first page, it shows the beautiful landscape of the ranch and it paints a picture for the rest of the book. The vocabulary in this book is easy to understand and always for it to be read by any young reader.

Molly

February 28, 2018

This book is about a dog named Charlie. He lives on a ranch with his family. He loves to play ball with his family. He talks about playing basketball and soccer, but his favorite to play is football. This was a cute book. I thought it was a nice story about a dog, but I was not completely interested in it. Nothing in the book necissarily hooked my attention. This book would best be used in a pre-k or kindergarten classroom. I would read this to students who enjoy playing sports. This book would be great to use with younger students to help make text-to-self connections, since it is a book that is easily related to.

Katie

October 15, 2017

In "Charlie Plays Ball," there's a dog named Charlie and he lives on a ranch farm. He has all kinds of duties to perform and it's hard work. He works hard, climbs mountains, explores new territories, and loves to play ball. His favorite ball is football. The family always played football with him. He played all other kinds of sports too, and then he got to play with farm animals and got to score. This book is a good children's book to entertain.

Tessa

October 15, 2019

"Charlie Plays Ball" was a very fun story to read. I believe any child with a love for dogs would absolutely adore this book. One feature I enjoyed about this book was the multiple illustrations on each page. I feel this feature will help keep children more engaged in the book.

Jessica

March 08, 2018

I enjoyed reading the book. It is for young children, and mostly based on a dogs life. I feel many children would be interested while reading this book. It also illustrated on the point of view of Charlie, the dog in the story. I think it was a good book for young children to read.

Theresa

September 17, 2018

Such a cute book.

Dionne

July 13, 2018

My son is really in to dogs and pets right now, so he really enjoyed this book. The author does a really good job of describing the dog's personality and the illustrations are colorful and adorable.

Amanda

December 26, 2021

My favorite of the Charlie books so far!

Nicole

October 05, 2016

This story is such a cute, easy to read story about a puppy who is just loving his life on the ranch with his family. Charlie is shown to be a hard working, sports loving, caring puppy. This story is a typical animal story that all children love to read. This is an easy to understand book for any age group. The pictures are very colorful and attracting to the eye.

Erik

September 07, 2015

Synopsis- Charlie the Basset Hound is a ranch dog. He ropes, he rides, and he eats – okay he really doesn’t rope and he just rides in trucks but he does eat a lot. And eats. Besides eating, Charlie also loves it when the ranch people play ball. Come with Charlie as he goes and PLAYS BALL! [He also takes a nap and eats, but that’s not the point]What I Thought- Charlie is amazing. The series is awesome. I may be a tad biased, because we also have a basset hound and the books has the basset personality down pat. The books are funny and really cute. I love the fact that Charlie is a real dog. It brings a good touch of realism to the story. The illustrations are funny, usually with under-lying humor in the background. For example, Charlie has a little chipmunk friend on almost every page. Ms. Drummond really knows how to write a great story! *NOTE* I got a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Abby

October 11, 2016

I absolutely loved this book! I think I liked it because I am such an animal lover and have two dogs of my own. I was definitely able to relate to this because my dogs act the exact same way. Go outside, play, eat, sleep, repeat! This book gave Charlie such an hysterical personality, I just loved it! I found myself actually laughing throughout the book because my dogs do the exact same thing. At the end of the book, the author gave the actual recipe for Charlie's favorite spaghetti and meatballs. I thought that was really interesting, I have never seen a children's book do that before. This is a book that I will definitely share with my students in the future.

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