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She loved baseball : the Effa Manley story Cover Image Book

She loved baseball : the Effa Manley story / written by Audrey Vernick ; illustrated by Don Tate.

Vernick, Audrey. (Author). Tate, Don, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth's mighty swing. But she never dreamed she would someday own a baseball team. Or be the first and only woman ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. From her childhood in Philadelphia to her groundbreaking role as business manager and owner of the Newark Eagles, Effa Manley always fought for what was right. And she always swung for the fences.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061349201
  • ISBN: 9780061349218
  • ISBN: 0061349208
  • ISBN: 0061349216
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Collins, [2010]

Content descriptions

Citation/References Note:
Booklist
Publisher's Weekly
School Library Journal starred
Booklist, September 2010
Kirkus Review, October 2010
Publisher's Weekly, October 2010
School Library Journal starred, November 2010
Target Audience Note:
2.4 Follett Library Resources
K-3
K-3 Follett Library Resources
AD840L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 140504.

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Manley, Effa, 1897-1981 > Juvenile literature.
Manley, Effa, 1897-1981.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team) > History > Juvenile literature.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team) > History.
Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American business enterprises > New Jersey > Newark > Juvenile literature.
Women baseball team owners > Juvenile literature.
Women > Juvenile biography.
African American women > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Juvenile biography.
African American business enterprises > Juvenile literature.
Women baseball team owners > Biography.
Women > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
African American business enterprises.
African American women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
African American business enterprises > New Jersey > Newark.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre:
Biographies.

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