Jackie Robinson

Review for Span­ish edi­tion:  “Part of the Yo Solo—Biografias series, this easy-to-read biog­ra­phy intro­duces young read­ers to the life of Jack­ie Robin­son, the first African Amer­i­can base­ball play­er to play in the major leagues. This vol­ume is a Span­ish trans­la­tion of the orig­i­nal Eng­lish lan­guage book with the same title. Using a con­trolled vocab­u­lary, the author describes some of the chal­lenges, strug­gles, and tri­umphs of Robin­son’s life, from his child­hood years in Pasade­na Cal­i­for­nia, to his accep­tance as sec­ond base­man for the Brook­lyn Dodgers in 1947. Through­out the book, the author empha­sizes the adjust­ments and chal­lenges that Robin­son had to face as he faced and over­came the injus­tices and dis­crim­i­na­tion of white neigh­bors, base­ball play­ers, offi­cials, and spec­ta­tors. This biog­ra­phy would be use­ful for reports and inde­pen­dent read­ing in bilin­gual class­rooms or libraries.” (Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture)