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1) A big day for baseball

Author

Osborne, Mary Pope

Series

Magic tree house volume 29

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--

2) Thank you, Jackie Robinson

Author

Cohen, Barbara

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old black man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman, Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's death bed.

3) Jackie's bat

Author

Lorbiecki, Marybeth

Pub. Date

[2006]

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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Joey, the batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, learns a hard lesson about respect for people of different races after Jackie Robinson joins the team.

4) Rookie of the year

Author

Tunis, John Roberts

Pub. Date

1990.

Physical Description

viii, 220 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

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Dodger manager Spike Russell's efforts to rally his team to a pennant victory are threatened by a scheming club secretary and the seeming irresponsibility of a star rookie pitcher.

5) Dad, Jackie, and me

Author

Uhlberg, Myron

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.