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Golenbock describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.Product Videos
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Author Peter Golenbock
Binding Paperback
Language English
Book Type Nonfiction
Grade Content PK
Guided Reading Level S
Lexile 930
Subject Baseball, Jackie Robinson, race relations, history
GELDS Standard (http://www.gelds.decal.ga.gov/Search.aspx) Primary Correlated Standard CD-SS2 (People and Community) - The child will demonstrate an understanding of his/her community and an emerging awareness of other's culture and ethnicity.
A) Other Standards That Can Be Covered With This Book CD-SS2.4c Recognizes similarities and differences between own culture and that of others.
B) Other Standards That Can Be Covered With This Book CD-SS5 - The child will understand the passage of time and how events are related.
C) Other Standards That Can Be Covered With This Book CLL5 - The child will acquire meaning from a variety of materials read to him/her.
Copyright 1990
