Going To Bat

5+ Readers 7+ Readers Laugh out Loud Sport

Author: Sunita Chawdhary

ISBN: 9781913311698

Publication date: 1st February 2024

Publisher: Knights Of Media

Format: Paperback

Pagination: 192 pages

About Going To Bat

Going to Bat is the second book in the funny and perceptive Mind and Me series from author and illustrator Sunita Chawdhary. Serving as a gentle introduction to discussions around mental wellbeing and managing anxieties for younger readers, this heartwarming and relatable story is filled throughout with dynamic and engaging illustrations.

Mind is the voice in Maya’s head which reflects her ideas and emotions. They’re very active and can be quite noisy, which is sometimes helpful, and other times a hindrance . . .

It’s the start of a new school term and Maya can’t wait to join the school Cricket Club and share the good news with her Grandpa in India! She knows he’ll be equally excited, and there’s so much to tell him since last wrote him a letter.

Maya’s juggling a lot with school, sport and family - her ACTUAL MUM is coming into school to coach the cricket team, and then there’s the green-eyed monster rearing its ugly head as well. On top of all that, Maya can’t help but feel like she’s forgotten something important . . .

Can Maya and Mind work it all out in time for their big cricket game?

Funny, and with heaps of heart, this is a delightful story for younger readers accompanied by beautiful and dynamic illustrations.

Reviews (3)

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Olivia - Age 7

A fun and in parts funny book about Maya and mind (her inner voice)
As Maya goes through day to day life she come up against struggles and problems. This book is great and showing how she deal with these things with the help of mind. She tackles anxiety and other stresses and put into place good habits to help both now and in the future.
It is really good at showing children that these problem will occur and that these things can be made bette by listening to your inner voice and taking time to make good and positive changes.

Wilson - Age 10

I liked this book about a girl called Maya and her family. At first I found the mind part a bit confusing but I soon realised this was her thoughts. The book has quite long chapters so took me a while to finish. I think the illustrations help to understand the story too. It has a great ending. I would recommend this book for children aged 7 plus.

Helen Robinson

I read this book with my youngest daughter who is 7. We enjoyed the book but found it took us a little while to get into it. It does have a good ending though which is always good!
My daughter has learnt about wellbeing and mindfulness at school only recently so this story worked well with that learning. The chapters were quite long - but I think this would be suitable for 7 year olds and above.
Overall a delightful story with beautiful illustrations, which are great to enhance the story for young readers.
I understand there is a book 1, so I will track down a copy of Sunita's first book now I that we enjoyed this one (although it's not necessary to read them in order).