Product Description

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the modern major leagues. That may not seem like a big deal today -- but in 1947 it was a very big deal. Until Jackie stepped up to the plate, African Americans couldn't play on most professional sports teams.

TIME For Kids® Biographies help make a connection between the lives of past heroes and the events of today. Because of Jackie's courage and perseverance, people of all colors now participate in America's favorite pastime. Jackie worked hard and proved to the world that it's your character and talent -- not the color of your skin -- that really matters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #253255 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Released on: 2005-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

From Booklist
Gr. 2-4. Patrick, author of Ma Dear's Old Green House (see review, p.978) and others, joins the editors of a popular classroom newsmagazine to craft this entry in the new Timefor Kids Biographies series. For readers in the middle to upper range of the weekly's broad readership, these spin-offs, formatted (somewhat misleadingly) like easy readers and emblazoned with the familiar red-and-yellow logo, feature lively journalistic design, excellent photographs drawn from the Time-Life archives, and a polished narrative extended with sidebars. In this book, there's a concluding interview (a recurring feature in the series) with Jackie Robinson's daughter, Sharon--whose own, browsable Promises to Keep [BKL F 15 04] is a natural next step. A different writer has collaborated with Time-Life's editorial staff on each book in the series, which currently includes titles on John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harriet Tubman. Jennifer Mattson
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Review
" … lively journalistic design, excellent photographs drawn from the Time-Life archives, and a polished narrative extended with sidebars." -- Booklist

"Two new biographical series … have worthy entries … good, well-illustratred books with lots of photographs;" -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Review
"Two new biographical series . have worthy entries . good, well-illustratred books with lots of photographs;" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch )

" . lively journalistic design, excellent photographs drawn from the Time-Life archives, and a polished narrative extended with sidebars." (Booklist )

Customer Reviews

Time For Kids
I purchased several of the Time Life For Kids books and they are great. I have 9-year-old twin boys who are in 4th grade, and they love them! I would strongly suggest these books for any children who are interested in learning more about a specific legend or if learning about a specific legend is required for class work, book reports, etc.
Great price too!

learned alot
This is a biography for kids on Jackie Robinson. He was a famous African american baseball player. He had to work really hard and ignore rude comment from many fans. Most people in his days did not like black and whites playing together. He took the bad and pushed it aside and became a better person and player!


The book was not too long and not too short. It contained the right amount of information for kids.



I would recommend this book to kids who are learning about the Jackie Robinson. I learned a lot from reading this book. He is a great role model for kids today.