Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball

by Jim O'Connor

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394824563
• ISBN13: 9780394824567
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4