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Jackie Robinson
Joshua Hanft, Pablo Marcos
Hardcover (Baronet Books, Jan. 1, 1995)17 chapters about him, along with page of very important dates during his baseball career. He was the first African American to play major league baseball. Just one book in a series that dramatized lives of great Americans, men and women. Many nice, bold black and white illustrations throughout book.
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Jackie Robinson
Wil Mara
Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2003)Brief text chronicles the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first African American to play for a major league team.
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Jackie Robinson
Josh Gregory
Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2015)As the first African American ever to play for a major league baseball team, Jackie Robinson helped change race relations in America forever.Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn about Robinson's early success as a versatile athlete and the difficulties he faced in an era of widespread prejudice and segregation. The will also find out how he came to break pro baseball's color barrier and how he used his fame to bring awareness to the civil rights movement.
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Jackie Robinson
Herb Dunn, Meryl Henderson
eBook (Aladdin, Aug. 12, 2014)THE CHILDHOODS OF FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history. ABIGAIL ADAMS SUSAN B. ANTHONY NEIL ARMSTRONG CRISPUS ATTUCKS CLARA BARTON ELIZABETH BLACKWELL DANIEL BOONE BUFFALO BILL WILL CLARK ROBERTO CLEMENTE DAVY CROCKETT WALT DISNEY THOMAS A. EDISON ALBERT EINSTEIN HENRY FORD BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LOU GEHRIG HARRY HOUDINI LANGSTON HUGHES TOM JEFFERSON HELEN KELLER JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ROBERT E.LEE MERTWETHER LEWIS ABRAHAM LINCOLN MARY TODD LINCOLN THURGOOD MARSHALL JOHN MUIR ANNIE OAKLEY MOLLY PITCHER POCAHONTAS PAUL REVERE KNUTE ROCKNE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TEDDY ROOSEVELT BETSY ROSS BABE RUTH SACAGAWEA SITTING BULL JIM THORPE MARK TWAIN GEORGE WASHINGTON MARTHA WASHINGTON WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
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Jackie Robinson
Regina Apodaca
eBook (Compass Publishing, Oct. 31, 2013)This is a simplified biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Read about the difficulty he faced in his early years in baseball and his successes on and off the baseball field.
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Jackie Robinson
Emma E Haldy
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2016)The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Jackie Robinson in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
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Jackie Robinson
Herb Dunn, Meryl Henderson
Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 12, 2014)Title: Jackie Robinson Binding: Paperback Author: HerbDunn Publisher: AladdinPaperbacks
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Jackie Robinson
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Paperback (Checkmark Books, March 1, 2008)Examining the lives of celebrated baseball players both past and present, this candid series--which includes stats and photos--chronicles each player's childhood and family, his introduction to the sport, challenges and setbacks, and more.
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Jackie Robinson
Lola M. Schaefer
Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)Text and photographs introduce the biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player on a major league team, as well as the first African American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Jackie Robinson
John F. Grabowski
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 1990)A biography of the Black athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947
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Jackie Robinson
Stephanie McPherson, Tad Butler
Paperback (Barnes and Noble, March 15, 2010)True or False? All BrooklynDodgers fans & plaers welcomed Jackie Robinson to the team in 1947. False! Some fans & teammates weren't welcoming a black player at first. But Jackie's great playing soon won them over & earned him the Rookie over the Year award. Jackie wasthe first African-America player in major league baseball. Jackie Robinson competed in four sports in college - trackm football, basketball, & baseball. As a Brooklyn Dodger, Jackie was known for stealing bases, especially home. After retiring from baseball, he kept busy in many ways, includin working as vice-president of a restaurant chain & writing his own newspaper column.
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Jackie Robinson
Philip Abraham
Paperback (Childrens Pr, April 1, 2002)Introduces Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.
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