Illus. in full color with black-and-white photos. "Covers not only the story of Robinson's prowess and his problems as the first black man to play in the major leagues, but also the story of the rise and fall of black baseball and some of its star players and managers. Nicely geared by vocabulary, sentence length, and print size to the primary grades audience."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
| ISBN: | 9780394824567 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 1989 |
| Author: | Jim OConnor, Jim Butcher |
| Publisher: | Random House Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Step Into Reading. A Step 5 Book |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Baseball and Softball Sports Children’s / Teenage: General interest |