Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game

by Chris Crowe, Mike Benny, Ana Huang

Book Overview

Batter up for the first-ever children's book about Larry Doby, the first African-American player to hit a home run in the World Series. The year is 1948, and Homer and his daddy are baseball crazy. Ever since last season, when their man Larry Doby followed Jackie Robinson across baseball's color line and signed on with their team, the Cleveland Indians, it's been like a dream come true. And today Larry Doby and the Indians are playing Game Four of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763650269
• ISBN13: 9780763650261
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4