The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography) by Margaret Davidson


The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography)
Title : The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography)
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ISBN : 0440400198
ISBN-10 : 978-0440400196
Language : English
Format Type : Library Binding, Paperback
Number of Pages : 96 pages
Publication : Yearling

Today many children dream of playing professionalbaseball. Perhaps you are one of them. If you havegood athletic skills and you work hard, your dreammay be realized. But this wasn't always true forathletes in the first part of this century. Morewas required. A player had to be white. Blackplayers no matter how well they could hit, catch, orthrow were not signed up by the majorleagues.



One brave black player named Jackie Robinsonworked to change the rules, so thatall races could have the opportunity to fulfilltheir dreams on the baseball diamond or anywhere.This is Jackie Robinson's story.


The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography) Reviews


  • M. Feldman

    This biography is strongest in the way it covers Jackie Robinson's youth. However, the most important part of the story, the years leading up to when Robinson breaks into the Major Leagues, as well as the difficulties he endures when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers, are less

  • Barbara Johnson

    I was very disappointed in the derogatory language used in respect to African Americans in this book. I'm equally disappointed that this book, while written for children, uses the "N" word a number of times. Parents should be made aware of the use of the "N" word in this

  • Super Mom

    Bought the book for my son who has traumatic brain injury. He used to play baseball, so we knew he would enjoy story. It had big print and was in a simple language he could understand. Good for your kids to read. He loved it and read it in a couple of days.

  • Hosier

    We had tried to find a biography of Jackie Robinson like our son had read as a youngster for our baseball playing grandson. This was not the same book but seemed to fit the request.

  • Vera Smith

    Great book. My fifth grade class really liked it. They knew a little about Jackie Robinson, but, had no idea aboutthe discrimination he endured. It was an excellent choice for my class!

  • Pfrpraes

    My boy loved it

  • Jim F

    Good Book