Luke Goes to Bat

Luke Goes to Bat PDF Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780399246692
Category : Baseball stories
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying.

Luke Goes to Bat

Luke Goes to Bat PDF Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780399246692
Category : Baseball stories
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying.

Just Like Josh Gibson

Just Like Josh Gibson PDF Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141692728X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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The story goes... Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she would have faced tremendous challenges. These challenges are not unlike those met by the legendary Josh Gibson, arguably the best Negro-League player to never make it into the majors. In a poignant tribute to anyone who's had a dream deferred, two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and celebrated artist Beth Peck offer up this reminder -- that the small steps made by each of us inspire us all.

Goodnight Baseball

Goodnight Baseball PDF Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
ISBN: 1623701023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
From the arrival at the stadium to the last goodnight, Goodnight Baseball is a sweet, nostalgic tale—told in gentle, fun rhyme—about the thrill of a baseball game.

My Turn at Bat

My Turn at Bat PDF Author: Ted Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671634232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
Ted Williams tells of his childhood, his military experience, and his baseball career.

Art From Her Heart

Art From Her Heart PDF Author: Kathy Whitehead
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399242198
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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A picture book biography of the remarkable folk artist Clementine Hunter. Can you imagine being an artist who isn't allowed into your own show? That's what happened to folk artist Clementine Hunter. Her paintings went from hanging on her clothesline to hanging in museums, yet because of the color of her skin, a friend had to sneak her in when the gallery was closed. With lyrical writing and striking illustrations, this picture book biography introduces kids to a self-taught artist whose paintings captured scenes of backbreaking work and joyous celebrations of southern farm life. They preserve a part of American history we rarely see and prove that art can help keep the spirit alive.

So Tall Within

So Tall Within PDF Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher:
ISBN: 1626728720
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53

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Shows how the hardships of slavery, particularly the loss of her family, caused Isabella Baumfree to walk towards freedom, to re-invent herself as Sojourner Truth, and to continue walking to abolish slavery and for other reforms.

Baseball Hour

Baseball Hour PDF Author: Carol Nevius
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781477810422
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Boys and girls enthusiastically warm up with special exercises and drills. The players throw the ball back and forth, jog, bat, catch, and pitch. Finally, the players divide up into two teams. The coach, as umpire, makes calls as they catch pop flies, run the bases, and slide feet first into home plate. Practice ends with the kids showing that teamwork makes them better players. Powerful, mixed-media illustrations with dramatic, up-close perspectives interpret the rhythmic text and capture the intensity and exuberance of baseball practice.

She Loved Baseball

She Loved Baseball PDF Author: Audrey Vernick
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061349208
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth’s mighty swing. But she never dreamed she would someday own a baseball team. Or be the first—and only—woman ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. From her childhood in Philadelphia to her groundbreaking role as business manager and owner of the Newark Eagles, Effa Manley always fought for what was right. And she always swung for the fences. From author Audrey Vernick and illustrator Don Tate comes the remarkable story of an all-star of a woman.

Our Team

Our Team PDF Author: Luke Epplin
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250313805
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby would follow in his footsteps on the Cleveland Indians. Though Doby, as the second Black player in the majors, would struggle during his first summer in Cleveland, his subsequent turnaround in 1948 from benchwarmer to superstar sparked one of the wildest and most meaningful seasons in baseball history. In intimate, absorbing detail, Luke Epplin's Our Team traces the story of the integration of the Cleveland Indians and their quest for a World Series title through four key participants: Bill Veeck, an eccentric and visionary owner adept at exploding fireworks on and off the field; Larry Doby, a soft-spoken, hard-hitting pioneer whose major-league breakthrough shattered stereotypes that so much of white America held about Black ballplayers; Bob Feller, a pitching prodigy from the Iowa cornfields who set the template for the athlete as businessman; and Satchel Paige, a legendary pitcher from the Negro Leagues whose belated entry into the majors whipped baseball fans across the country into a frenzy. Together, as the backbone of a team that epitomized the postwar American spirit in all its hopes and contradictions, these four men would captivate the nation by storming to the World Series--all the while rewriting the rules of what was possible in sports.

Rufus

Rufus PDF Author: Tomi Ungerer
Publisher: Phaidon
ISBN: 9780714869728
Category : Bats
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Tomi Ungerer's classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship. Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and is awakened to the dazzling world of colours for the first time. Inspired and excited, Rufus paints his own wings and ventures out into the day, only to discover that his unusual appearance attracts unwelcome attention. Though he is initially rejected for his difference, Rufus soon learns to accept himself for who he is, thanks to a new friend. First published in 1961, this classic story of difference and acceptance is as relevant today. Beautifully written and illustrated by the internationally acclaimed author and illustrator, Tomi Ungerer, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award for children's literature. A picture book for ages 3-6.