With chapters on Courage, Determination, Teamwork, Persistence, Integrity, Citizenship, Justice, Commitment and Excellence, this book can be read in one sitting or by the chapter

Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By

Sharon Robinson

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Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America

Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father. When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone's fun. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water. In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it's safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)

Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson

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Slam Dunk!

Jackie Robinson was one of baseballs greatest players. Back in his day, baseball, like most of America, was segregated. Major League Baseball was for whites only. Black and brown-skinned players had to play in the Negro Leagues. They were denied entry into the major leagues just because of the color of their skin. Finding food worth eating or a restaurant to serve them was a daily problem. Branch Rickey asked him to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers? That first spring was tough. Some fans cheered him and others shouted insults but he was the man that broke the color barrier in baseball.

Testing the Ice

An 8 year old Jewish boy faces the challenges of a black family moving into the neighborhood. The family is none other than his hero Jackie Robinson, who had recently broken the color barrier in baseball.

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Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live by : Courage, Determination, Teamwork, Persistece, Integrity, Citizenship, Justice, Commitment, Excellence

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Paw Prints 2008-07-10

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