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The Negro Leagues: Celebrating Baseball's Unsung Heroes
The Negro Leagues: Celebrating Baseball's Unsung Heroes
Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: September 17, 2017
Review
Separated into five short chapters, this nonfiction book is perfect for 4th-7th graders (ages 10-13) who are interested in delving further into a piece of sport history. Many young readers might not realize that baseball was not always an integrated sport and that, as a counter to the period of time in which black players were denied entry into Major League Baseball, the National Negro League was formed. Doeden is a prolific nonfiction writer whose research is meticulous. Using archival photographs and stories from newspapers of the day, all sourced at the end of the book, Doeden provides historical perspective, short biographies of many of the major players of the NNL, and touches upon the legacy of these players in modern-day baseball. An excellent start for the sports fan and burgeoning sports historian. Includes Source Notes, Glossary, Further Reading, and Index.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Doeden, Matt
Illustrator: ,
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Book Type: chapter book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades 4-6,grades 7-9
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: very good
ISBN: 9781512427530
Price: 17.99