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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) Hardcover - 2008

by Kadir Nelson; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

In this "New York Times" bestseller, noted artist Kadir Nelson tells the story of baseball's unsung heroes. [A] sumptuous volume that no baseball fan should be without.

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  • Title We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
  • Author Kadir Nelson; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date January 8, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780786808328 / 0786808322
  • Weight 1.88 lbs (0.85 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.1 x 11.3 x 0.6 in (28.19 x 28.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 900
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball, Baseball - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008351768
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

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Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2009, Page 25
  • Booklist, 02/01/2008, Page 50
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2009, Page 15
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 04/01/2008, Page 347
  • Entertainment Weekly, 01/25/2008, Page 51
  • Essence, 04/01/2008, Page 84
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2008, Page 338
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2008, Page 0
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2008, Page 17
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/01/2007, Page 1249
  • Multicultural Review, 09/01/2008, Page 81
  • New York Times Book Review, 06/15/2008, Page 14
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/07/2008, Page 56
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/03/2008, Page 34
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2008, Page 145
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2008, Page 37
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2008, Page 78

About the author

Kadir Nelson is the Caldecott Medal-winning artist of The Undefeated and a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford and Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. Among his numerous other awards are three NAACP Image Awards, two Coretta Scott King Author Awards, and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. His work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker, and his paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of notable institutions across the country, including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.; The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives. Kadir lives with his wife is Southern California, and invites you to visit him at www.kadirnelson.com.
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New York: Sun/Hyperion books, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 11h x 11w. A real nice clean unmarked, large 96 page first edition (stated) hardcover with 1 low in number line. The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined 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 the one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball..
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