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Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing But True Stories! - Paperback

Name: Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing But True Stories!
Brand: Workman Publishing
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Availability:In StockContributor:Derrick D. Barnes, John John Bajet (Illustrator)Series:Who Got Game?Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2020-03-17Pages:176

Language:EnglishPublisher:Workman PublishingISBN-13:9781523505531ISBN-10:1523505532UPC:9781523505531Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Topic:Baseball & Softball, Sports & Recreation, United StatesSize:8.90 x 7.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCBWDTWV22

Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball!

Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.

Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh has a whopping 113 more career homers than Hank Aaron?

And that's just for starters! This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who's got game.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Workman PublishingISBN-13:9781523505531ISBN-10:1523505532UPC:9781523505531Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Topic:Baseball & Softball, Sports & Recreation, United StatesSize:8.90 x 7.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCBWDTWV22

Derrick D. Barnes is from Kansas City, MO. He is the winner of the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for outstanding new writer, and his picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut took home four honors at the 2018 American Library Association's Youth Media Awards: the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Illustrator Honor, the Newbery Honor, and the Caldecott Honor. Derrick is also the author of the New York Times bestselling picture book The King of Kindergarten, the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys, the middle grade novel We Could Be Brothers, and the YA novel The Making of Dr. Truelove, which was recognized by the ALA as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Derrick created the popular blog Raising the Mighty, where he chronicles the experience of bringing up four beautiful black boys in America. He lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife, Dr. Tinka Barnes, and their four sons, all of whom play sports.

John John Bajet is a designer at Renegade Animation, and works on the Cartoon Network Show Tom & Jerry. He is the illustrator of If We Could Do What Animals Do.

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Contributor(s)

Derrick D. Barnes, John John Bajet (Illustrator)

Author

Derrick D. Barnes

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Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball!

Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.

Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh has a whopping 113 more career homers than Hank Aaron?

And that's just for starters! This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who's got game.

Derrick D. Barnes is from Kansas City, MO. He is the winner of the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for outstanding new writer, and his picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut took home four honors at the 2018 American Library Association's Youth Media Awards: the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Illustrator Honor, the Newbery Honor, and the Caldecott Honor. Derrick is also the author of the New York Times bestselling picture book The King of Kindergarten, the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys, the middle grade novel We Could Be Brothers, and the YA novel The Making of Dr. Truelove, which was recognized by the ALA as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Derrick created the popular blog Raising the Mighty, where he chronicles the experience of bringing up four beautiful black boys in America. He lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife, Dr. Tinka Barnes, and their four sons, all of whom play sports.

John John Bajet is a designer at Renegade Animation, and works on the Cartoon Network Show Tom & Jerry. He is the illustrator of If We Could Do What Animals Do.

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Contributor(s)

Derrick D. Barnes, John John Bajet (Illustrator)

Author

Derrick D. Barnes

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