There are 16 records in the baseball bibliography.
Bibliographic Record |
Annotation |
Interest Level |
Contributor |
Adler, David. Picture Book of Jackie Robinson, A. New York: Holiday House, 1994. |
This picture book biography about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, covers his childhood, sporting accomplishments and later endeavors. |
K - 2nd Grade, |
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Cohen, Barbara. Thank You, Jackie Robinson. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1974. |
In this touching baseball story, Sam, a fatherless white boy, shares his enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers with an old black man named Davy. |
3rd - 5th Grade, |
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Dickson, Paul. New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, The. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1999. |
This comprehensive reference book is filled with definitions, explanations, illustrations and photographs of baseball related terms and topics. |
General Reference, |
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Gmelch, George and J.J.Weiner. In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. |
Baseball history is told through first-person narratives of venders, trainers, press writers, front-office personnel and other people who have chosen a career in baseball because they love the game. |
General Reference, |
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Golenbock, Peter and Paul Bacon. Teammates. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. |
This moving picture book tells how Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player on a major league baseball team, was accepted and supported by his white teammate, Pee Wee Reese. |
3rd - 5th Grade, |
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Kelley, James and James Buckley. Baseball. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. |
Text and detailed photographs present the history, techniques, and interesting facts of baseball. |
3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, |
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Kellogg, David and Dave Kellogg. True Stories of Baseball's Hall of Famers. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books, 2000. |
Over 65 true-life stories highlight the lives of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, |
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Lederer, John W.. Trivia Tribute to Baseball: Over 1,000 Questions, Answers!. Austin, TX: LEDCO Marketing, 1999. |
Students will be fascinated with more than 1,000 questions and in-depth answers related to all aspects of baseball. |
General Reference, |
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Light, Jonathan Fraser. Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997. |
Arranged in alphabetical order, this extensive non-statistical reference book covers a broad range of baseball topics and is an excellent source for information about players, teams and professional organizations. |
6th - 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade, General Reference, |
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Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. New York: HarperTrophy, 1984. |
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn and starts to feel at home and make friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers. A lesson plan comparing this book to Thank You, Jackie Robinson is available on The Negro Leagues website.
http://www.usd230.k12.ks.us/NLBM/index.html |
3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, |
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McKissack, Patricia. Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Scholastic, 1994. |
Photographs, oral histories, a player roster and a timeline add to the richness of this in-depth account of the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues. |
3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, |
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Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee and Low, 1993. |
In this picture book, a Japanese American boy learns to play baseball during his family’s stay in an internment camp during World War II. |
K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, |
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National Geographic Society. Baseball as America: Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2002. |
This companion book to the current traveling exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is filled with over 200 photos depicting the sport from its 19th-century beginnings to the present. Make sure to view the fascinating sampling of artifacts from the online version of the exhibit.
http://www.baseballasamerica.org/exhibition.htm |
General Reference, |
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Pietrusza, David. Baseball, The Biographical Encyclopedia. New York: Total Sports, 2000. |
Each of the 2,000 capsule biographies of players, Negro Leaguers, umpires, executives, minor leaguers, owners, and broadcasters includes cumulative statistics, dates and places of birth and death and a picture of the subject. |
General Reference, |
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Thayer, Ernest L.. Ernest L. Thayer's Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the year 1888 Copiously and Faithfully Illustrated by Christopher Bing. Brooklyn: Handprint Books, 2000. |
Christopher Bing’s Caldecott winning illustrations turn this version of Thayer’s classic poem into a fascinating primary source scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings, baseball cards, advertisements, tickets and other baseball memorabilia. |
3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, |
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Ward, Geoffrey. Baseball: An Illustrated History. New York: Knopf, 1994. |
Based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns, this book features more than five hundred photographs that document the milestones and historical development of baseball. |
9th - 12th Grade, General Reference, |
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