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Author Johnson, Varian, author.

Title What were the Negro Leagues? / by Varian Johnson ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Workshop, 2019.
© 2019
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1972947~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 796.357 JOH    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 796.357 JOH    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 796.357 JOH    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 796.357 JOH    AVAILABLE
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Description 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Audience Ages: 8-12 years.
Note Ages: 8-12 years.
Summary Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Audience 1030L Lexile
Note 1030L Lexile
Subject Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.
ISBN 9781524789992 (Library Binding)
9781524789985 (Paperback)
9781544439853 (FollettBound)
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