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Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing but True Stories!

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By (author): Derrick D. Barnes

Illustrated by: John John Bajet

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 thats 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 whos got game. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 190 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Mar 2020
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781523505531

About Derrick D. Barnes

Derrick D. Barnes is from Kansas City MO. He is the winner of the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for outstanding new writer and his picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut took home four honors at the 2018 American Library Associations Youth Media Awards: the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Illustrator Honor the Newbery Honor and the Caldecott Honor. Derrick is also the author of the New York Times bestselling picture book The King of Kindergarten the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys the middle grade novel We Could Be Brothers and the YA novel The Making of Dr. Truelove which was recognized by the ALA as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Derrick created the popular blog Raising the Mighty where he chronicles the experience of bringing up four beautiful black boys in America. He lives in Charlotte NC with his wife Dr. Tinka Barnes and their four sons all of whom play sports.John John Bajet is a designer at Renegade Animation and works on the Cartoon Network Show Tom & Jerry. He is the illustrator of If We Could Do What Animals Do.

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