Sharon Robinson

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Illustrator: Nelson, Kadir

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Produktbeschreibung

In a stunning metaphor for Jackie Robinson's legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson honors her extraordinary father's memory with her warm graceful storytelling. Caldecott Honor-artist Nelson has created richly rendered paintings that radiate with the spirit of one of America's finest heroes. Full color.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholastic
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 310mm x 232mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780545052511
• ISBN-10: 0545052513
• Artikelnr.: 26487795

Autorenporträt

KADIR NELSON illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books: Moses and Libre: Le long voyage d'Henri. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won the Coretta Scott King Award. Will Smith's Just The Two of Us won an NAACP Image Award, and his new book, We Are The Ship continues to garner major awards. Nelson showed artistic talent at age three and began working in oils by age sixteen. Kadir Nelson lives in Los Angeles. Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By and Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America.