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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Baseball hero Jackie Robinson's daughter discusses nine values that her father held dear, shares memories from her life and her father's that illustrate those values, and profiles individuals whom she considers heroes, including Christopher Reeve and Oprah Winfrey.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A biography of New York Yankee baseball player Derek Jeter, covering his upbringing, struggle to prove himself as a shortstop, and success in the major leagues since 1996, with color photographs and a list of his 2008 records.
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is a powerful and inspirational story about a young baseball prodigy who, at the age of two, began sharing vivid memories of being a baseball player in the 1920s and 30s. Christian Haupt described historical facts about Lou Gehrig that he could not have possibly known at the time. Distraught by their son's uncanny revelations, his parents embarked on a sacred journey of discovery that shook their beliefs to the core and forever changed their...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes, from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a men's professional league"--
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
20240213
Language
English
Description
Inspire young scientists with the biographies of 50 fascinating women in science past and present, each paired with a hands-on experiment that brings the history and principles of science to life.
Women have been involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for thousands of years. While many have faced obstacles because of their gender, things are changing for the better, and today there are more women than ever working in these...
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