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What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524789992
- ISBN: 9781524789985
- Physical Description: 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019]
- Copyright: 2019
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1030L Lexile Ages: 8-12 years. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 1 1 506392 |
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| Subject: | Negro leagues > History > Juvenile literature. African American baseball players > Juvenile literature. Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile literature. |
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| Juniata County Library | J 796.357 JOH (Text) | 39640100582392 | JUNM Juvenile Who What Where Books | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | J 796.357 JOHN (Text) | 34455006672592 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Bethlehem Main Library | j796.357 (Text) | 33062009451767 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
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