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Author
Publisher
The Little Fig
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Meet John Jordan 'Buck' O'Neil Jr., baseball player extraordinaire and eternal optimist. Follow him on his journey from childhood dreams, to playing baseball with the Kansas City Monarchs, to becoming the first Black coach in the major leagues. He is a baseball legend who showed the world how to live, love, and play ball." -- from book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio's picture book biography"--
A tribute to the golden-era baseball star traces his upbringing as a fourth-generation Italian in San Francisco while describing the influences that the Depression, World War II and his proud father made on his history-making career. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life of Major League Baseball and New York Yankee legend Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, describing how his differences challenged his baseball prospects and helped motivate him to prove his abilities as a player, coach, and manager
Author
Series
Legends volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books,an Imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should know.