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Stealing Home
Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds
By Burleigh, Robert & Wimmer, Mike
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-276-2
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Gr 1-4 This well-intentioned picture book tribute is marred by a disjointed narrative. While double-page paintings capture the intense excitement of the play as the Hall of Famer steals home, a few lines of free verse detail the action. Meanwhile, along with each painting and verse, a box of text introduces an aspect of Robinson's life and career. One, for example, briefly limns the segregated nature of baseball in 1946; others focu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Subdued yet striking oil paintings accompany poetic text to portray something wondrous: Jackie Robinson stealing home during...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
