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Jackie Robinson
By Glenn Stout. 2006
Biography of the first African American to play for a major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Recounts how Jackie…
Robinson (1919-1972) broke the race barrier in 1947 when segregation dominated American sports. Depicts his talent, belief in racial equality, and strength of character. For grades 4-7. 2006We are the ship: the story of Negro League baseball (Journeys 2014)
By Kadir Nelson. 2008
Presents the history of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson moved…
to the major leagues in 1947 and broke the racial barrier. Discusses gifted athletes, discrimination, and the players' passion for the sport. For grades 3-6 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 2008Baseball in April and other stories
By Gary Soto. 1990
Eleven vignettes set in central California feature young Mexican-Americans going about the business of growing up. Fausto, who longs for…
a guitar, fraudulently receives a hefty reward when he returns a stray pet to a wealthy neighbor, but he is guilt-ridden until he relinquishes the money in church. And Marie, who declines a boring family vacation, is angry that fun was had without her. For grades 5-8 and older readersPromises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
By Sharon Robinson. 2004
A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his…
only daughter.Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm loving biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball. Jackie Robinson was an outstanding athlete, a devoted family man and a dedicated civil rights activist. The author explores the fascinating circumstances surrounding Jackie Robinson's breakthrough. She also tells the off-the-field story of Robinson's hard-won victories and the inspiring effect he had on his family, his community. . . his country! Includes never-before-published letters by Jackie Robinson, as well as photos from the Robinson family archives.Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man
By David A Adler, David A. Adler, Terry Widener. 1997
Life story of baseball's legendary "Iron Horse," who never missed a day of school as a boy nor a single…
game during his fourteen years as a New York Yankee. Depicts the courage, decency, and humility that marked his life, even during the illness that ended his baseball career in 1939. For grades 2-4Latinos in béisbol (Hispanic Experience in the Americas Ser.)
By James D Cockcroft, James D. Cockcroft. 1996
Explores the history of Hispanic baseball players in both the United States and Latin America. Reflects on the experience of…
being discriminated against in North America, while highlighting the achievements of individual athletes. For senior high and older readersBéisbol: pioneros y leyendas del béisbol latino
By Jonah Winter. 2002
Brief sketches of fourteen Latin American baseball players from 1900 to 1960, who pioneered the sport in their own countries…
and in the United States. Includes profiles of José Méndez, Luis Tiant, Bobby Ávila, Minnie Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, and Felipe Alou. For grades 4-7. Spanish language. 2002The tall Mexican: the life of Hank Aguirre, all-star pitcher, businessman, humanitarian
By Robert E Copley, Robert E. Copley. 1998
Authorized biography of the Detroit Tigers' all-star pitcher. Recalls Aguirre's childhood in a large Mexican-American family in California and how,…
after his baseball career ended, he founded Mexican Industries in Detroit in order to help other Hispanics succeed. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Béisbol!: Latino baseball pioneers and legends
By Jonah Winter. 2001
Brief sketches of fourteen Latin American baseball players who were active in the sport from 1900 to 1960 and who…
pioneered the game in their own countries and in the United States. Includes profiles of José Méndez, Luis Tiant, Bobby Avila, Minnie Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, and Felipe Alou. For grades 3-6. 2001Old Hoss
By James W. Bennett, Donald Raycraft. 2002
Charles Radbourn won fifty-nine games in 1884, the stuff of legends. In eleven years he racked up over three hundred…
wins and forty-five hundred innings--mind-blowing numbers. And yet the facts of this Hall of Famer's play are more credible than the stories of his life of alcohol, womanizing, wild brawling, and, later, the ravages of syphilis. Radbourn's plaque at Cooperstown presents an image that is almost caricature: cap set forward, mouth open, mustache pricked up at the ends and thick as his nose is long, nearly. Not Charles, but Ol' Hoss. It is now May 1941, and the invented Chicago Tribune journalist John Trapp is on a train for Bloomington, Illinois, to cover ceremonies honoring the late Radbourn. Trapp meets (the real) baseballer Clark Griffith, who begins to tell him tales of the great pitcher. Our authors then have Trapp craft the first biography of the man, anchoring the details of his life in fact.