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March Madness: Sports Stories in Picture Books
March Madness: Sports Stories in Picture Books
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Traces the childhood dream of Japanese-American baseball pioneer Kenichi Zenimura of playing professionally and his family's struggles in a World War II internment camp where he introduces baseball to raise hope.
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George B. Kirsch is Professor of History at Manhattan College and the author of several books, including The Creation of American Team Sports. He is the editor of two volumes of Sports in North America: A Documentary History and the general editor of the Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States.
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over...
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A child begs her father to take her to the baseball game, where she roots for the home team and eats peanuts and Cracker Jack. Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Some poems and songs are time-tested favorites with very young kids. The simple rhymes and catchy melodies help youngsters develop key verbal skills and learn the essentials of storytelling--all while having fun! These cheery editions...
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Chronicles the remarkable sporting accomplishments of 1941, including the slugging competition between baseball superstars Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, the rivalry between Joe Louis and Billy Conn for boxing's heavyweight championship, and Whirlaway, the thoroughbred that captured horse racing's Triple Crown.
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