Dan Gutman

Jackie Robinson and the Big Game Dan Gutman

Marc Notes: Presents the childhood of the man who would grow up to be the first African American player in major league baseball. Annotation. Young Jackie Robinson looses to his older brother Mack in just about any game they play -- Chase the Fox, running and jumping contests -- you name it. One day Jackie gets so frustrated he runs home, stomps up to his room, and takes his anger out on Mack's stuff. But when Mack invites Jackie to play baseball with his friends, Jackie decides to give it a try -- and that is when the score really starts to change!. Publisher Marketing: Young Jackie Robinson looses to his older brother Mack in just about any game they play -- Chase the Fox, running and jumping contests -- you name it. One day Jackie gets so frustrated he runs home, stomps up to his room, and takes his anger out on Mack's stuff. But when Mack invites Jackie to play baseball with his friends, Jackie decides to give it a try -- and that is when the score really starts to change! Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 136 (EAN 9780689862397, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 323 (EAN 9780689862397, Paperback) School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 136 (EAN 9780689862403, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 323 (EAN 9780689862403, Library Binding) Contributor Bio:  Gutman, Dan Dan Gutman has always been a baseball fanatic. He played in Little League as a kid, and one of the first magazine articles he ever sold explained the science behind the spitball, the scuffball, and corked bats. When he thought about the T206 Honus Wagner the most valuable baseball card in the world he began to write honus & me, his first Baseball Card Adventure. Dan is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series, as well as the internationally bestselling My Weird School series.