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What were the Negro Leagues?  Cover Image Book Book

What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Johnson, Varian, (author.). Marchesi, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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]

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
Subject: Negro leagues > History > Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players > Juvenile literature.
Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 20 of 22 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Juniata County Library J 796.357 JOH (Text) 39640100582392 JUNM Juvenile Who What Where Books Available -

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