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We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; foreword by Hank Aaron.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780786808328
  • 0786808322
Other title:
  • Story of Negro League baseball
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Beginnings -- A different brand of baseball: Negro League game play -- Life in the Negro leagues -- Racket ball: Negro League owners -- The greatest baseball players in the world: Negro League All-Stars -- Latin America: baseball in paradise -- Good exhibition: the Negro leagues vs. the white leagues -- Wartime heroes: World War II and the Negro League All-Star game -- Then came Jackie Robinson -- The end of the Negro leagues -- Negro leaguers who made it to the major leagues / Negro leaguers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Awards:
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2009.
  • Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2009.
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 2009.
  • NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book, 2009
Summary: The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do the one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball. Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 796.3576 N427 Available 33111011018567
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 796.3576 N427 Available 33111010921811
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 796.3576 N427 Available 33111009453974
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this New York Times bestselling classic, Caldecott Medal-winning artist Kadir Nelson tells the incredible story of baseball's unsung heroes -- perfect for celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Negro Leagues!



Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Robert F. Siebert Award as well as a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor



Featuring nearly fifty iconic oil paintings and a dramatic double-page fold-out, an award-winning narrative, a gorgeous design and rich backmatter, We Are the Ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.



The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners, of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship, of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball.

900 Lexile.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings -- A different brand of baseball: Negro League game play -- Life in the Negro leagues -- Racket ball: Negro League owners -- The greatest baseball players in the world: Negro League All-Stars -- Latin America: baseball in paradise -- Good exhibition: the Negro leagues vs. the white leagues -- Wartime heroes: World War II and the Negro League All-Star game -- Then came Jackie Robinson -- The end of the Negro leagues -- Negro leaguers who made it to the major leagues / Negro leaguers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do the one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball. Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2009.

Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2009.

Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 2009.

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book, 2009

MG Accelerated Reader AR 5.9 3.0 119912.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 6.2 5.0 43016.

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