BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nelson, Kadir. 2005. WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL. New York: Jump at the Sun. ISBN 0786808322
PLOT SUMMARY
WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL is not a story that many young people know. This book shows how hard it was for Negro baseball players, but also how much they enjoyed playing baseball. Told by an unnamed narrator, the story spans from the beginning of baseball in the late 1800’s through the integration of the major leagues in 1947.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Kadir Nelson wrote and illustrated this very informative book on the history of Negro League Baseball. This book won the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award and the 2009 Sibert Medal. The book is divided into nine innings, similar to a baseball game, each telling a different part of the story. The full color paintings emphasize some of the more important parts of the history such as the picture showing the first night game being played and another picture showing that there were separate cabins for colored people. The endnotes lead the reader to specific places quotes and details were taken from. There is also a bibliography to show where general information was found for this book.
REVIEW EXCERPT
BOOKLIST Starred Review: “Award-winning illustrator and first-time author Nelson’s history of the Negro Leagues, told from the vantage point of an unnamed narrator, reads like an old-timer regaling his grandchildren with tales of baseball greats…”
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL review: “A lost piece of American history comes to life in Kadir Nelson's elegant and eloquent history of the Negro Leagues and its gifted baseball players.”
CONNECTIONS
*Other books about the history of baseball:
Morelli, Jack. HERORES OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES. ISBN: 0810994348
Christopher, Matt. GREAT MOMENTS IN BASEBALL HISTORY. ISBN 0316141305
Stewart, Mark. BASEBALL: A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PAST TIME. ISBN: 0531114554
*Encourage students to study the history of another sport or activity they enjoy.
Nelson, Kadir. 2005. WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL. New York: Jump at the Sun. ISBN 0786808322
PLOT SUMMARY
WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL is not a story that many young people know. This book shows how hard it was for Negro baseball players, but also how much they enjoyed playing baseball. Told by an unnamed narrator, the story spans from the beginning of baseball in the late 1800’s through the integration of the major leagues in 1947.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Kadir Nelson wrote and illustrated this very informative book on the history of Negro League Baseball. This book won the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award and the 2009 Sibert Medal. The book is divided into nine innings, similar to a baseball game, each telling a different part of the story. The full color paintings emphasize some of the more important parts of the history such as the picture showing the first night game being played and another picture showing that there were separate cabins for colored people. The endnotes lead the reader to specific places quotes and details were taken from. There is also a bibliography to show where general information was found for this book.
REVIEW EXCERPT
BOOKLIST Starred Review: “Award-winning illustrator and first-time author Nelson’s history of the Negro Leagues, told from the vantage point of an unnamed narrator, reads like an old-timer regaling his grandchildren with tales of baseball greats…”
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL review: “A lost piece of American history comes to life in Kadir Nelson's elegant and eloquent history of the Negro Leagues and its gifted baseball players.”
CONNECTIONS
*Other books about the history of baseball:
Morelli, Jack. HERORES OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES. ISBN: 0810994348
Christopher, Matt. GREAT MOMENTS IN BASEBALL HISTORY. ISBN 0316141305
Stewart, Mark. BASEBALL: A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PAST TIME. ISBN: 0531114554
*Encourage students to study the history of another sport or activity they enjoy.
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