Swinging Into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Karen L. Swanson, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2024-08-06Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Calkins Creek BooksISBN-13:9781635928136ISBN-10:1635928133UPC:9781635928136Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Sports & RecreationSize:11.20 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC51V7YQ1X
Swinging Into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player
Young readers will root for Toni "Tomboy" Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to break into professional baseball--taking over Hank Aaron's roster spot--in this nonfiction picture book biography. Nothing could stop Toni "Tomboy" Stone from playing baseball--not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She...
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Calkins Creek BooksISBN-13:9781635928136ISBN-10:1635928133UPC:9781635928136Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Sports & RecreationSize:11.20 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC51V7YQ1X
Karen L. Swanson is the author of an award-winning blog and two health cookbooks. An avid athlete with decades of experience on and at baseball fields, she is inspired by women who break barriers in the medical, business, and sports worlds. Karen worked in product marketing at Pfizer and Procter & Gamble before becoming a writer, and she holds an MBA from Harvard University. Visit...
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
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