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Author:

Romo Edelman, Claudia, author. 227084

Title:

ROBERTO CLEMENTE / Claudia Romo Edelman and Sara E. Echenique ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Roaring Brook Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

104 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Clemente, Roberto,--1934-1972--Juvenile literature.
Hispanic American baseball players--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--Puerto Rico--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Clemente, Roberto,--1934-1972.
Hispanic American baseball players.
Baseball players.
Hispanic Americans--Biography.

Other Authors:

Echenique, Sara E., author.
Gutierrez, Manuel (Illustrator), 1975- illustrator.

Summary:

"Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente-once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major LeagueBaseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed. The first Latin American player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Clemente paved the way for generations of Latinx athletes"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Hispanic star

ISBN:

1250828104
9781250828101

LCCN:

2022027149

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)