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An illustrated sports book for middle grade readers, How Sports Rocked the World: Baseball collects the coolest, zaniest sports facts, uncovers the people and events that changed sports history, and shows how the sport shaped our culture and changed the world. Play ball
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An illustrated sports book for middle grade readers by award-winning author Derrick Barnes, Sports Gems: Baseball collects the coolest information on a favorite sport, from unsung heroes to priceless stories, stats, and amazing comebacks.
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Engagingly written and packed with humor, Who Got Game? Baseball celebrates the unheralded, unrecognized, and forgotten -- but no less remarkable -- people and stories that are integral to the history of the game.
Derrick D. Barnes, winner of the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for outstanding new writer, is a star in the YA and children's literary world. His picture book, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, won four honors at the 2018 American Library Association's Youth Media Awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor. Now comes his first nonfiction book (and the first in a sports series), where he shines a spotlight on 45 fascinating baseball records, personalities, and anecdotes rarely mentioned in popular baseball lore. Like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, Moses Fleetwood Walker, and Weldy Walker--four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Or Jackie Mitchell, the 17-year-old girl who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Plus inglorious records, including the longest pro game ever played (8 hours and 25 minutes) and Hughie Jennings, known for being hit by the most pitches in a season (51). With its lively full-color illustrations, this is a fantastic gift for any kid who loves baseball.
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Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball
Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.
Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mtchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh has a whopping 113 more career homers than Hank Aaron?
And that's just for starters This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who's got game.