Overview

Jackie Robinson broke boundaries as the first African American in Major League Baseball. But long before Jackie changed the world in a Dodger uniform, he did it in an Army uniform. As a soldier during World War II, Jackie experienced segregation on a daily basis—separate places for black soldiers to sit, to eat, and to live. When the Army outlawed segregation on military posts and buses, things were supposed to change. So when Jackie was ordered by a white bus driver to move to the back of a military bus, he refused. Instead of defending Jackie’s rights, the military police took him to trial in a court martial. But Jackie would stand up for what was right, even when it was difficult to do. From acclaimed author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and award-winning illustrator Gregory Christie, this is the unforgettable story of Jackie Robinson’s court martial, an important moment from a lifetime of fighting prejudice with strength and grace.

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Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: A good choice for reading aloud. --School Library Journal Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: Fun for reading aloud, and children will be happy to help with the multiple snoring sounds. --Booklist Praise for HAMPIRE!: Building suspense and a sense of nocturnal dread, Bardhan-Quallen's (The Hog Prince) rhymes are filled with puns (' We're sitting ducks, the duck announced'), and the antics of the frantic duck and the animals he rouses should have readers laughing. --Publishers Weekly Praise for HAMPIRE!: Kids will feast on this deliciously scary tale over and over. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HAMPIRE!: Fine's paintings exaggerate the animals' terror to comic effect (funniest is the pony cowering in the corner), and his canted angles give this just the right absurdist tone. --ALA Booklist A story that will appeal to both baseball fans and those looking for an interesting way to highlight lesser-known aspects of the fight for civil rights. --Booklist A worthy addition. --School Library Journal [A] well-told biography...complemented by Christie's dramatic expressionistic...illustrations --The Horn Book It's nice to have an athlete celebrated for personal integrity over physical prowess, and R. Gregory Christie's pictures bolster this, evoking a Robinson who is strong and sure, but also smiling, warm, and ultimately, triumphant. --New York Times Book Review

Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: Fun for reading aloud, and children will be happy to help with the multiple snoring sounds. --Booklist Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: A good choice for reading aloud. --School Library Journal Praise for HAMPIRE!: Building suspense and a sense of nocturnal dread, Bardhan-Quallen's (The Hog Prince) rhymes are filled with puns (' We're sitting ducks, the duck announced'), and the antics of the frantic duck and the animals he rouses should have readers laughing. --Publishers Weekly Praise for HAMPIRE!: Kids will feast on this deliciously scary tale over and over. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HAMPIRE!: Fine's paintings exaggerate the animals' terror to comic effect (funniest is the pony cowering in the corner), and his canted angles give this just the right absurdist tone. --ALA Booklist A story that will appeal to both baseball fans and those looking for an interesting way to highlight lesser-known aspects of the fight for civil rights. --Booklist A worthy addition. --School Library Journal [A] well-told biography...complemented by Christie's dramatic expressionistic...illustrations --The Horn Book It's nice to have an athlete celebrated for personal integrity over physical prowess, and R. Gregory Christie's pictures bolster this, evoking a Robinson who is strong and sure, but also smiling, warm, and ultimately, triumphant. --New York Times Book Review

Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: A good choice for reading aloud. --School Library Journal Praise for HAMPIRE!: Fine's paintings exaggerate the animals' terror to comic effect (funniest is the pony cowering in the corner), and his canted angles give this just the right absurdist tone. --ALA Booklist Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: Fun for reading aloud, and children will be happy to help with the multiple snoring sounds. --Booklist Praise for HAMPIRE!: Building suspense and a sense of nocturnal dread, Bardhan-Quallen's (The Hog Prince) rhymes are filled with puns (' We're sitting ducks, the duck announced'), and the antics of the frantic duck and the animals he rouses should have readers laughing. --Publishers Weekly Praise for HAMPIRE!: Kids will feast on this deliciously scary tale over and over. --Kirkus Reviews A story that will appeal to both baseball fans and those looking for an interesting way to highlight lesser-known aspects of the fight for civil rights. --Booklist [A] well-told biography...complemented by Christie's dramatic expressionistic...illustrations --The Horn Book A worthy addition. --School Library Journal It's nice to have an athlete celebrated for personal integrity over physical prowess, and R. Gregory Christie's pictures bolster this, evoking a Robinson who is strong and sure, but also smiling, warm, and ultimately, triumphant. --New York Times Book Review

Praise for HAMPIRE!: Fine's paintings exaggerate the animals' terror to comic effect (funniest is the pony cowering in the corner), and his canted angles give this just the right absurdist tone. --ALA Booklist

Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: Fun for reading aloud, and children will be happy to help with the multiple snoring sounds. --Booklist Praise for SNORING BEAUTY: A good choice for reading aloud. --School Library Journal Praise for HAMPIRE!: Building suspense and a sense of nocturnal dread, Bardhan-Quallen's (The Hog Prince) rhymes are filled with puns (' We're sitting ducks, the duck announced'), and the antics of the frantic duck and the animals he rouses should have readers laughing. --Publishers Weekly Praise for HAMPIRE!: Kids will feast on this deliciously scary tale over and over. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HAMPIRE!: Fine's paintings exaggerate the animals' terror to comic effect (funniest is the pony cowering in the corner), and his canted angles give this just the right absurdist tone. --ALA Booklist

Author Information

R. Gregory Christie is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Freedom in Congo Square, as well as a six-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor Illustrator Award and a three-time recipient of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year award. He's also a recipient of the NAACP's Image Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the American Library Association's Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for illustration. He also illustrated the 2013 Kwanzaa stamp for the United States Postal Service. He lives in Georgia. Visit Gregory's website at www.rgregorychristie.com.

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