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Story of the Negro Leagues
Contributor(s): Smolka, Bo (Author)

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 ISBN: 1617835102     ISBN-13: 9781617835100
Publisher: Sportszone
OUR PRICE: $33.86  

Binding Type: Library Binding - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2012
* Out of Print *

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2012005979
Age Level: 10-13
Grade Level: 5-8
Lexile Measure: 910(Not Available)
Series: Negro Baseball Leagues
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7" W x 9.1" L (0.70 lbs) 64 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Booklist 02/01/2013 pg. 58
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 164 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 154675
Reading Level: 5.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
The Story of the Negro Leagues covers the history of the Negro Leagues, their great pitchers and hitters, and the era of integration with Major League Baseball. Readers will learn the history of the Negro leagues beginning with baseball's beginnings with Abner Doubleday, to the first Negro League game between the Henson Base Ball Club and the Weeksville Unknowns. Follow the discrimination that led to the Great Migration that brought Southern blacks north, and visionaries such as Rube Foster and William Greenlee and their creation of the Negro Leagues including the Negro National League, Eastern Colored League, and the Negro American League. Enjoy vivid descriptions of legendary players including the first black player in organized baseball, John Fowler, and Moses Walker, the first black major leaguer. Players such as John O'Neil, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Junior Gilliam, Minnie Minoso, James Bell, Josh Gibson, George Suttles Martin Dihigo, Connie Johnson, Charlie Grant are also included.

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

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