Players in pigtails / by Shana Corey ; illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0439183057 (alk. paper)
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.C8155 Pl 2003
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Corey, Shana | Available | 33111004271736 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A winning new picture book about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League--written with sass and style by all-star Shana Corey with illustrations from promising young rookie Rebecca Gibbon.
Did you know that one of America's favorite songs, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," was written about a girl? And that in the 1940s girls all across America were crazy for our country's favorite game?
These little known facts inspired Shana Corey to imagine a story about how one determined girl made her way to the big leagues & found a sisterhood of players in pigtails. With the same exuberant spirit that fueled the formation of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, joyful text & jubilant pictures celebrate these brave girls' love of the game & the league they called their own.
Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.