Step into Reading A Step 4 book. Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues from the time he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams. Color illust and b & w photographs. 48 pages. Chapter book. Int. good. Slight shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE STORY OF ALL-BLACK BASEBALL

Publisher

Random House, New York

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394824563

ISBN 13

9780394824567

Binding

Soft cover

Illustrator

Jim Butcher

Edition

1st

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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Illus. in full color with black-and-white photos. "Covers not only the story of Robinson's prowess and his problems as the first black man to play in the major leagues, but also the story of the rise and fall of black baseball and some of its star players and managers. Nicely geared by vocabulary, sentence length, and print size to the primary grades audience."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.

About the Author

Jim O’Connor is a children’s author. His books include Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball, Let’s Hear it for the Shrumps!, The Puck Stops Here!, The Ghost in Tent 19, Call Me Gretzky, and many books in the popular Who Was? series.

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Bkslinen operates out of my home and I have over 10,000 out of print children's books. I am now retired and working very diligently to get them listed and sold. I love children's books and it is a joy to find a book for someone who remembers the book from their childhood. My granddaughter, Tiffany Power, is now running the business!

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Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN
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