Jackie Robinson and the story of all-Black baseball
By: by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Jim Butcher.
Contributors: Butcher, Jim, ill.
Series: Step into reading. A Step 4 book; Step into reading.
Publisher: Random House; Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile literature.; Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Baseball players.; African Americans -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.