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1) Baseball heroes

Author

Stout, Glenn

Series

Good sports

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

2) Lipman Pike: America's first home run king

Author

Michelson, Richard

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

c2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

3) A strong right arm: the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson

Author

Green, Michelle Y

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

4) Queen of the diamond: the Lizzie Murphy story

Author

McCully, Emily Arnold

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Baseball Books for Kids

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"A picture book biography about Lizzie Murphy, the first woman to play in a major league exhibition game and the first person to play on both the New England and American leagues' all-star teams"--

5) Who was Jackie Robinson?

Author

Herman, Gail

Series

Who was ?

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book (Paperback)

Description

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An introduction to the life and career of baseball's Jackie Robinson.

6) The kid from Diamond Street: the extraordinary story of baseball legend Edith Houghton

Author

Vernick, Audrey

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Baseball Books for Kids

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"A historical picture book about Edith Houghton, a female baseball phenomenon who joined the professional women's team the Bobbies at the age of 10"--

7) Breaking barriers: the story of Jackie Robinson

Author

Burgan, Michael

Series

Tangled history

Publisher

Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint

Pub. Date

[2018]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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Baseball Books for Kids

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Follows a selection of people who experienced the events surrounding the breaking of the color barrier in baseball.

8) Jackie Robinson

Author

Elish, Dan

Series

Cornerstones of freedom

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

9) Henry Aaron's dream

Author

Tavares, Matt

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

c2010

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

10) The 25 greatest baseball players of all time

Author

Berman, Len

Publisher

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

11) Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man

Author

Adler, David A

Publisher

Gulliver Books

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

12) Babe Ruth

Author

Macht, Norman L

Series

Baseball legends

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[1991]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life and career of George Herman Ruth, perhaps the most talented and popular player in baseball history.

13) Babe Ruth: a twentieth-century life

Author

Hampton, Wilborn

Series

Up close (Viking)

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

[2009]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6

Language

English

14) Jackie Robinson

Author

Mara, Wil

Series

Rookie biographies
A Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Brief text chronicles the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first African American to play for a major league team.

15) Becoming Babe Ruth

Author

Tavares, Matt

Series

Candlewick biographies

Publisher

Candlewick

Pub. Date

[2013]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Biography of Babe Ruth and how his childhood at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys changed his life because he could play baseball everyday.

16) Jackie Robinson: breaking the color barrier

Author

Price, Sean

Series

American history through primary sources

Publisher

Raintree/Fusion

Pub. Date

c2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

17) You never heard of Sandy Koufax?!

Author

Winter, Jonah

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

c2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

18) Meet Alex Rodriguez: baseball's lightning rod

Author

Smithwick, John

Series

All-star players

Publisher

PowerKids Press

Pub. Date

c2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

19) Who was Roberto Clemente?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was ?

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life and accomplishments of the professional baseball player, from his heroics on the field to his humanitarian efforts and his untimely death.

20) A picture book of Jackie Robinson

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1994

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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1) Baseball heroes

2) Lipman Pike: America's first home run king

3) A strong right arm: the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson

4) Queen of the diamond: the Lizzie Murphy story

5) Who was Jackie Robinson?

6) The kid from Diamond Street: the extraordinary story of baseball legend Edith Houghton

7) Breaking barriers: the story of Jackie Robinson

8) Jackie Robinson

9) Henry Aaron's dream

10) The 25 greatest baseball players of all time

11) Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man

12) Babe Ruth

13) Babe Ruth: a twentieth-century life

14) Jackie Robinson

15) Becoming Babe Ruth

16) Jackie Robinson: breaking the color barrier

17) You never heard of Sandy Koufax?!

18) Meet Alex Rodriguez: baseball's lightning rod

19) Who was Roberto Clemente?

20) A picture book of Jackie Robinson

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