Baseball Fever - We Both Read, Level 1-2 Author:Sindy McKay, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator) A boy who loves to play baseball is disappointed to get sick and miss the first game of the season, but his friends on the team do their best to keep him filled in. Text on one page is meant to be read by a parent/adult while text on a facing page is simple enough to be read by a child just learning to read.