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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Describes the glory years of Negro league baseball in the early 1900s, profiling its star athletes and highlighting the challenges faced by the players and the sacrifices made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age of nineteen, he was on his way to becoming a sports legend. Babe was often out of shape and even more often out on the town, but he had a big heart and an even bigger swing! Kids will learn all about the Home Run King in this rags-to- riches sports biography. With black-and-white illustrations...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1931, seventeen-year-old Jackie Mitchell pitches against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game, becoming the first professional female pitcher in baseball history.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Major League Baseball. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
12) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"For more than one hundred years, the home run has been the most exciting play in baseball. Read about the longest, strangest, and most important home runs in Major League Baseball history"--
16) Lou Gehrig
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
A biography of the New York Yankee slugger whose feat of playing in 2130 consecutive games earned him the nickname "The Iron Man."
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, formation, development, and popularity of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, including a look at individual players who have had an impact on the success of the team.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baseball Super Stats will take sports fans on a fun tour through the past and present of professional baseball through the lens of statistics. What are some of the greatest stats, and how are they used by fans and professionals. What does the future hold for baseball stats?
