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Author:
Grossinger, Tania.
Title:
Jackie and me : a very special friendship / written by Tania Grossinger ; illustrated by Charles George Esperanza.
Publisher:
Skyhorse,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 v. : ill.
Subject:
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972--Juvenile picture books.
Friendship--Juvenile picture books.
African Americans--Juvenile picture books.
Hotels, motels, etc.--Juvenile picture books.
Grossinger (N.Y.)--Juvenile picture books.
Other Authors:
Esperanza, Charles George, ill.
Summary:
Aged thirteen in 1951, Tania feels like an outsider at her cousins' hotel but guest Jackie Robinson invites her to play ping pong with him, which is the start of a friendship that lasts until the baseball legend's death in 1972.
ISBN:
1620876833 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781620876831 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2012040715
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)
TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

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