Who Was Jackie Robinson?

Reducere. As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill,...

Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile a...

Reducere. After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontari...

Reducere. Boys and girls ages 4-6 will scare themselves silly with this Step 2 featuring the adventures of Sulley and his one-eyed friend Mike from the compu...

Reducere. Discover the life of Jackie Robinson--a story about breaking down barriers for kids ages 6 to 9 Jackie Robinson was the first Black Major League Ba...

Reducere. As the first African American player in major league base-ball, Jackie Robinson had the eyes of the nation upon him. The pressure was incredible; n...

Reducere. As the first African American player in major league base-ball, Jackie Robinson had the eyes of the nation upon him. The pressure was incredible; n...

Reducere. A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharo...

Reducere. The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's...

Reducere. Explores Jackie Robinson's compelling and complicated legacy Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, an...

DescriptionAs the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth ...

Reducere. If there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this relationship c...

Reducere. DescriptionIf there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this rel...

Reducere. The Black Bruins chronicles the inspirational lives of five African American athletes who faced racial discrimination as teammates at UCLA in the l...

Reducere. Meet history's game changers This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level. In August 2016, American gymnas...

DescriptionThe history of sports and race is messy. In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the first black major league player, which...

Reducere. Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith--a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been...

Reducere. By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in ...

The only book-length account of the life of Wendell Scott, the one-time moonshine runner who broke the color barrier in stock-car racing in 1952 an...

Reducere. Before Jackie Robinson ever donned a Dodger uniform - there was Tom Bass. Before Rosa Parks ever demanded a seat in the front of the bus - there wa...

Reducere. In Ten Rings, Yogi, for the first time, tells the stories behind each of those remarkable championship seasons, spanning 1947 through 1962, basebal...

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Bille Jean King, and other budding spo...

Bring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers! Get inspired by the true story of a famous scientist who changed our unders...

Reducere. Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long...

DescriptionThis baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in th...

In the spirit of read-aloud family favorites like Guess How Much I Love You and I Love You Through and Through comes a fresh classic about the eter...

Reducere. From martyr to insult, how "Uncle Tom" has influenced two centuries of racial politics. Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Just...

Reducere. During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in th...

Bring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers Get inspired by the true story of the author of Harry Potter--the bestsellin...

Reducere. Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated, Caldecott Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning artist R. Gregory Christie ...

Reducere. As a man who played baseball brilliantly despite near-constant pain from a succession of injuries, Mickey Mantle knew something about courage. In T...

DescriptionA brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s--"Smoketown will ap...

Reducere. While Jackie Robinson is justly famous for breaking the color line in major league baseball in 1947, other young African American players, among th...

The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incr...