Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: Jack and Annie aren't great baseball players...yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps to a special ballgame in Brooklyn, New York. The magic tree house whisks them back to 1947! When they arrive, Jack and Annie find out that they will be batboys in the game, not ballplayers. What exactly does Morgan want them...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC OSB

Summary: "In 1946, Branch Rickey ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA FOR

Kahn, Roger.

Summary: Roger Kahn shares chronicles his life growing up near Ebbets Field. He also shares his experiences covering the Brooklyn Dodgers for the Herald Tribune.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796.357 KAH

Boseman, Chadwick

Summary: Depicts the early career of Jackie Robinson as he became the first African American Major League Baseball player when he was signed to the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOR

Oliphant, Thomas.

Summary: This book is built around a detailed reconstruction of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, on the short list of great moments in baseball history. One October afternoon, something happened in New York City that had never happened before and never would again: the Brooklyn Dodgers won the world championship of baseball. Everything that had gone wrong before went gloriously right. Pitch by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 OLI

Parker, Robert B.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PAR

Hoena, B. A.

Summary: "In an era of discrimination, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's race barrier. Facing harassment, he stayed focused on the game, becoming the MLB Rookie of the Year in 1947 and later a baseball legend"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROB

Kahn, Roger.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1972

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 KAH

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: "Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MTH 29

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSB

Robinson, Rachel

Summary: In the spring of 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking down baseball's decades-old color line and changing the face of the game forever. Now, in this intimate portrait, Robinson's widow, Rachel, tells her husband's story - and that of her life with him - from her unique perspective. But the tale of Jackie Robinson doesn't begin and end with baseball. It...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1996

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.357 ROB

Boseman, Chadwick

Summary: Depicts the early career of Jackie Robinson as he became the first African American Major League Baseball player when he was signed to the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FOR

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD FOR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Fo

Goodwin, Doris Kearns.

Summary: Wait Till Next Year is the story of a young girl growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s. When owning a single-family home on a tree-lined street, meant the realization of dreams. When everyone knew everyone else on the block and the children gathered in the streets to play from sunup to sundown. The neighborhood was equally divided among Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. The corner...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOODWIN, DORIS KEARNS GOO

Rampersad, Arnold.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBINSON, JACKIE RAM