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Author:

Krensky, Stephen.

Title:

Play ball, Jackie! / Stephen Krensky ; illustrated by Joe Morse.

Publisher:

Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball stories.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Juvenile fiction.
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Morse, Joe, 1960- ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career.

ISBN:

0822590301 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9780822590309 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)656213120

LCCN:

2010027270

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XNPC367 -- Hamburg Public Library (Hamburg)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

CNPC792 -- Montezuma Public Library (Montezuma)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)