Satchel Paige - Softcover

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689856814 ISBN 13: 9780689856815

Verlag: ALADDIN, 2003

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Reseña del editor:

Having been a star pitcher in the Negro major leagues, Leroy "Satchel" Paige endured great hardships to become the first African-American to pitch in the World Series and who then later became the first African-American inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Reprint.

Biografía del autor:

Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many award-winning and critically acclaimed nonfiction books for young readers, including Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams; My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey; and Before She Was Harriet. She is also the author of the novel Finding Langston, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award and five starred reviews. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Learn more at LesaClineRansome.com

James E. Ransome's highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriett received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winner The Creation; Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed's Barbershop; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; and Let My People Go, winner of the NAACP Image Award. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome. Some of their titles include Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, which received four starred review and was an ALA Notable book; My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey; and Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass. Mr. Ransome teaches illustration at Pratt Institute and lives in upstate New York with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com

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• Verlag: ALADDIN
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689856814
• ISBN 13: 9780689856815
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
• Zeichner: Ransome James E.