02331cam a2200433 i 4500 429616780 TxAuBib 20200715120000.0 140519s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014017473 9780803740860 0803740867 (OCoLC)880672163 TxAuBib rda Meltzer, Brad. I am Jackie Robinson / Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015] ©2015. 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ordinary people change the world Ordinary people change the world Includes bibliographical references (page 40). Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports. "Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first black baseball player on a major-league team, and his bravery helped lead the way to equality in all sports in America."--Jacket. 20200715. Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 Juvenile literature. Baseball players United States Biography Juvenile literature. African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature. Discrimination in sports United States History Juvenile literature. Baseball United States History Juvenile literature. Picture books. Biographies. Eliopoulos, Chris, illustrator. Ordinary people change the world. Ordinary people change the world.