We Are the Ship
The Story of Negro League Baseball
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, [2008]
Format: Book
Description: 88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
Subjects:
Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 900L
ISBN:
0786808322 (hc.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SPORTS Baseball Nel | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Nel | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Nel | Eastover | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Nel | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Nel | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86), filmography (page 83) and index.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2009.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2009.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2009.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2009.