Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.

When schoolteacher Soichi Sakamoto notices a group of children cooling off in the irrigation ditches of Hawaii's sugar plantations, he decides to form a swim club. At first, the club's obstacles seem insurmountable. They have no pool, no experience-and Sakamoto can barely swim himself! But the team persists, and Sakamoto applies his science background to develop new techniques that improve his swimmers strength and speed. Before long, the team surges...

"A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes."--Amazon.com.

Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

"This guide will cover: mining, including diamonds and rare materials; farming, growing tricks, seed hacks, and tree-replanting techniques; battle, for the best weapons and armor; magic, top crafting hacks and book modifiers. Updated for Minecraft 1.12."----worldcat.

Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors....

The Negro Leagues' Integration Era covers the history of the Negro Leagues, its players' segregation from Major League Baseball, and their eventual integration. Readers will meet owners, players, and managers who were supporters of integration such as Branch Rickey, Bill Veeck, Clay Hopper, and PeeWee Reese, as well as those who held the Color Line such as Kenesaw Landis and Cap Anson. Black players to join the major leagues such as Jackie Robinson,...

"A historical picture book about Edith Houghton, a female baseball phenomenon who joined the professional women's team the Bobbies at the age of 10"--

When Chuck Ealey was growing up in Portsmouth, Ohio, he lived in a segregated neighborhood that was divided from the rest of the town by a set of train tracks. There wasn't much money at home-even for food. Chuck's mother told him that education was the way to change his life, so he worked hard at school even when it was difficult. But one day, when Chuck was walking beside the railroad tracks, he picked up a stone and threw it at a passing train....