Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) [Paperback]

Jim O'Connor (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Step into Reading

Illus. in full color with black-and-white photos. "Covers not only the story of Robinson's prowess and his problems as the first black man to play in the major leagues, but also the story of the rise and fall of black baseball and some of its star players and managers. Nicely geared by vocabulary, sentence length, and print size to the primary grades audience."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.  

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-- A more indicative title for this book might be The Story of All-Black Baseball and Jackie Robinson, as only two of the six chapters deal with the life of Jackie Robinson, the first black to play major league baseball. The writing style is consistent with the other books in this series: choppy and unimaginative. Unremarkable color illustrations and standard black-and-white photographs are sprinkled liberally throughout the book. David Adler's Jackie Robinson: He Was the First (Holiday, 1989) is a more interesting biography aimed at the same reading level. That book also includes a table of contents, a list of important dates, an index, and biographical information about the author and illustrator--features not included in O'Connor's book. The front inside cover of O'Connor's book does have an area where the reader is encouraged to write his or her name and the date after he has finished reading the book. --Tom S. Hurlburt, Minneapolis Public Library
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Illus. in full color with black-and-white photos. "Covers not only the story of Robinson's prowess and his problems as the first black man to play in the major leagues, but also the story of the rise and fall of black baseball and some of its star players and managers. Nicely geared by vocabulary, sentence length, and print size to the primary grades audience."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.  

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (May 6, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394824563
• ISBN-13: 978-0394824567
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #595,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( R ) > Robinson, Jackie

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Educational Book but..., December 20, 2010

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This review is from: Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) (Paperback)

You should be warned, this book has the "N" word in it. I'm sure this was prove a point but it was a little tough to try and explain to my 7 year old the meaning of that word and that I never want to hear him use it. My son did like learning about the first Black to play baseball and it was easy for him to follow.