The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball

by Margaret Davidson

Book Overview

Today many children dream of playing professional baseball. Perhaps you are one of them. If you have good athletic skills and you work hard, your dream may be realized. But this wasn't always true for athletes in the first part of this century. More was required. A player had to be white. Black players--no matter how well they could hit, catch, or throw--were not signed up by the major leagues. One brave black player named Jackie Robinson worked to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440400198
• ISBN13: 9780440400196
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Jackie Robinson Review ...

The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball is about the struggles of one black man who never gave up. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete in college and wanted to go to the Major's but they wouldn't let him because he was black. The general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey took a chance on Jackie. Rickey said would let him play if he didn't fight back over racial slurs and attacks. This was known as the "Noble Experiment". Jackie's team looked down on him and fans harassed him because of the color of his skin. At last everybody realized Robinson was a great guy and that the color of a person's skin doesn't mater. In the end Jackie Robinson won the admiration of all American people. I think that you should read this book because it shows someone with great courage.

Jackie Robinso Review ...

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball is about the struggles of one black man who never gave up. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete in college but he couldn't play Major League baseball because of the color of his skin. When Jackie Robinson played on the Brooklyn Dodgers he was part of the "Noble Experiment" and his teammates were unfriendly. Also fans yelled slurs at Jackie. In 1947 Jackie Robinson won Rookie of the year and the admiration of the American people. I recommend this book because it tells how Jackie Robinson was a great athlete and a brave person.

Jackie Robinson Review ...

The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball is about the struggles of one black man who made a big difference. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete in college but was not let into the Major Leagues because his skin was black. Robinson played on the Brooklyn Dodgers in the "Noble Experiment" which was meant Jackie being the first black on a white team. His team looked down on him because of the color of his skin. When the fans yelled slurs at him and other teams yelled at him it overwhelmed the Dodgers. They finally stood up for Robinson. I recommend this wonderful book, Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball because it has a lot of action and emotion.

Jackie Robinson Review By: Jordan

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball is about Jackie Robinson overcoming the struggle of racism. In college Jackie Robinson was a great athlete who was good at a lot of sports. No black was allowed in the major leagues. But one day Branch Rickey asked Jackie to be in the major leagues and then that started the Noble experiment. At first the fans yelled racial slurs. In 1947 he became Rookie of the year. I recommend the book Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball, to any baseball fan because it tells all about Jackie?s career and struggles.

Jackie Robinson Review By: Hunter

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball is about Robinson?s struggles in life and in baseball. Robinson was great at all sports but he couldn?t play in the Majors after college because he was black. Four years later in 1945 Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play in the Major League because of a man named Branch Rickey. This was known as the ?Noble Experiment? and it did a lot of good all over the U.S. At first the Brooklyn Dodgers team was very angry that Robinson was playing with them and the fans had more hatred for the poor man. However, Robinson won the Rookie of the Year and also won lots of Americans admiration. If you enjoy baseball I think you would like this book because it shows the history of how blacks were finally accepted into the Major Leagues thanks to Jackie Robinson!