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.
By:
Jim O'Connor Illustrated by:
Jim Butcher Imprint: Random House USA Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 4mm
Weight: 99g ISBN:9780394824567 ISBN 10: 0394824563 Series:Step into Reading Pages: 48 Publication Date:06 May 1989 Recommended Age: From 2 to 12 Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Children / Juvenile
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Teenage / Young adult
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.