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We Are the Ship
The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
Contributors
By Kadir Nelson
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Jan 8, 2008
- Page Count
- 96 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-13
- 9780786808328
Price
$21.99Price
$28.99 CADFormat
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Hardcover $21.99 $28.99 CADThis item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around January 8, 2008. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
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Features nearly fifty iconic oil paintings, and a dramatic double-page fold out illustration!
★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
★ Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award
★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
We Are the Ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined team owners, of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship, of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of Black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball.
Additional content at the end includes an author’s note, index, and bibliography.
Don’t miss Kadir Nelson’s next American Sports History book:
Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game
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"An engaging tribute that should resonate with a wide audience and delight baseball fans of all ages."School Library Journal
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"Nelson continues to top himself with each new book.... Readers will come away with a good picture of the Negro Leaguers' distinctive style of play, as well as an idea of how their excellence challenged the racial attitudes of both their sport and their times."Kirkus Reviews
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"Easygoing, conversational storytelling is exactly what Kadir Nelson achieves in this pitch-perfect history of Negro League Baseball.... His grand slam, though, is the art: Nelson's oil paintings…make the players look larger than life."Horn Book
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"The stories and artwork contained here are a tribute to the spirit of the Negro Leaguers who…deserve a more prominent place on baseball's history shelves…. This is the book to accomplish just that."Booklist
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"One need not be a baseball fan to enjoy this book, because it's more than a sports story. It's a story of real people enduring more than many of us can imagine, playing a game they love."Library Media Connection
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