baseball

Describes the years of segregation in baseball and tells the life story of Jackie Robinson, explaining how he came to break baseball's color barrier.

Traces the history of baseball through ten major pitches, with each chapter highlighting a different pitch.

In the early 1900s, Alta Weiss, a young woman who knows from an early age that she loves baseball, finds a way to show that she can play, even though she is a girl.

Presents a short history of the game of baseball.

Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.

Compares and contrasts some of baseball's most popular hitters from past to present through engaging text and dynamic infographics, charts, timelines, and photos.

"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--Provided by publisher.

In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.

"Babe Ruth's baseball glove goes missing before a Baltimore Orioles game. It's up to cousins Mike and Kate to find its whereabouts"--Provided by publisher.

"Young Derek bites off more than he can chew when he decides to enter the school talent show and try out for the basketball team"--Provided by publisher.