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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) de Kadir Nelson

Descripción - Críticas Through text and artwork that pulses with life, Nelson has created a book that brings personality to the Negro Baseball League. Using the voice of 'Everyman' in the league, this book will attract readers because of the full and double-page vibrant, realistic oil paintings, and immerse the reader in the compelling story being told. The author brings out interesting details about the league such as bus trips where players would relieve a sleepy driver and players would entertain their teammates. The reader meets famous players, like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, and the equally talented lesser known players. One enters the world of joy in the game of baseball and the hurt of segregation through the stories that take place away from the ballpark as well as on the field. One need not be a baseball fan to enjoy this book, because it's more than a sports story. It's a story of real people enduring more than many of us can imagine, playing a game they love. The book's title comes from 'We are the ship; all else the sea' a quote from Rube Foster, the founder of the Negro National League. Library Media Connection'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 Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and others who forged the path toward breaking the race barrier before Jackie Robinson made his historic debut. The narrative showcases the pride and comaradierie of the Negro Leagues, celebrates triumphing on one's own terms and embracing adversity, even as it clearly delineates the 'us' and 'them' mentality bred by segregation. If the story is the pitch, though, it's the artwork that blasts the book into the stands. Nelson often works from a straight-on vantage point, as if the players took time out of the action to peer at the viewer from history, eyes leveled and challenging, before turning back to the field of play. With enormous blue skies and jam-packed grandstands backing them, these players look like the giants they are. The stories and artwork contained here are a tribute to the spirit of the Negro Leaguers who created much more than an also-ran and deserve a more prominent place on baseball's history shelves. For students and fans (and those even older than the suggested grade level), this is the book to accomplish just that. Booklist'Nelson continues to top himself with each new book. Here, working solo for the first time, he pays tribute to the hardy African-American players of baseball's first century with a reminiscence written in a collective voice-'But you know something? We had many Josh Gibsons in the Negro Leagues. We had many Satchel Paiges. But you never heard about them'-matched to a generous set of full-page painted portraits and stadium views. Generally viewed from low angles, the players seem to tower monumentally, all dark-skinned game faces glowering up from the page and big, gracefully expressive hands dangling from powerful arms. Arranging his narrative into historical 'Innings,' the author closes with lists of Negro Leaguers who played in the Majors, and who are in the Baseball Hall of Fame, plus a detailed working note. Along with being absolutely riveted by the art, readers will come away with a good picture of the Negro Leaguers' distinctive style of play, as well as an idea of how their excellence challenged the racial attitudes of both their sport and their times. Kirkus'Imagine listening to baseball legends Willie Mays and Ernie Banks swapping stories about their Negro League days as they sit in the stands, munching on peanuts and watching Ken Griffey Jr. launch a curve ball into the stratosphere. That kind of easygoing, conversational storytelling is exactly what Kadir Nelson achieves in this pitch-perfect history of Negro League baseball. 'Seems like we've been playing baseball for a mighty long time. At least as long as we've been free,' the narrator says. Nelson's collective 'we' honors 'the voice of every player,' as he explains in an author's note, and it also works to draw readers into and through the text's nine 'innings.' Nelson's extensive research (including interviews with former players) yields loads of attention-grabbing details: how much money players made; where, when, and how often games took place; who the standout owners, managers, and players were; and so on. And not surprisingly, he often returns to the impact of racism on the leagues, teams, and individual athletes. His grand slam, though, is the art: Nelson's oil paintings have a steely dignity, and his from-the-ground perspectives make the players look larger than life. The book also includes a foreword by Hank Aaron, an Extra Innings section identifying Hall-of-Fame Negro Leaguers, a bibliography, endnotes, and an index. Horn Book'In this attractive, oversized book, Nelson offers an appreciative tribute to the Negro Leagues. Adopting the perspective and voice of an elderly ballplayer, he offers a readable account that is infused with an air of nostalgic oral history: 'Seems like we've been playing baseball for a mighty long time. At least as long as we've been free.' With African Americans banned from playing in the major leagues, Rube Foster organized the Negro Leagues in 1920 and grandly proclaimed: 'We are the ship; all else the sea.' From 1920 through the 1940s, they offered African Americans an opportunity to play ball and earn a decent living when opportunities to do so were scarce. Nine chapters offer an overview of the founding and history of the leagues, the players, style of play, and the league's eventual demise after Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947. Nelson's brilliant, almost iconic paintings vividly complement his account. Starting with the impressive cover painting of a proud, determined Josh Gibson, the artist brings to light the character and inherent dignity of his subjects. Hank Aaron, who started his Hall of Fame career in the Negro Leagues, contributes a heartfelt foreword. This work expands on the excellent overview offered in Carole Boston Weatherford's A Negro League Scrapbook (Boyds Mills, 2005). It is an engaging tribute that should resonate with a wide audience and delight baseball fans of all ages. SLJ' Reseña del editor Rich illustrations capture the excitement and thrills of the glory years of Negro League baseball in the early 1900s, profiling its star athletes, highlighting the challenges faced by the players, and the sacrifices made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved. Biografía del autor Kadir Nelson's paintings have been exhibited in many galleries and museums around the world, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Museum of Tolerance, and the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences in Los Angeles; the Museum of African American History in Detroit; the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C.; and the Society of Illustrators and the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, as well as many others. Nelson is the illustrator of many books for children. Among the best known are Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, an NAACP Image Award winner, a Caldecott Honor Book, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner; Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner; Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please, by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee; and Will Smith's Just the Two of Us, also an NAACP Image Award winner. We Are the Ship is the first book Nelson has written and illustrated. Kadir Nelson lives with his family in California. Visit his Web site, www.kadirnelson.com.

Please, baby, please paperback greenlight bookstore nelson is the illustrator of many beloved, awardwinning, and bestselling picture books including, we are the ship the story of negro league baseball, winner of the coretta scott king and robert f sibert award thunder rose, written by jerdine nolen, which received a coretta scott king illustrator honor award ellington was not a street, written by ntozake shange, which received a coretta Please, baby, please classic board books board book nelson is the illustrator of many beloved, awardwinning, and bestselling picture books including, we are the ship the story of negro league baseball, winner of the coretta scott king and robert f sibert award thunder rose, written by jerdine nolen, which received a coretta scott king illustrator honor award ellington was not a street, written by ntozake shange, which received a coretta We are the ship the story of negro league baseball winner of the 2009 coretta scott king author award winner of the 2009 sibert medal featuring nearly fifty iconic oil paintings and a dramatic doublepage foldout, an awardwinning narrative, a gorgeous design and rich backmatter, we are the ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without

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• Name: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
  
• Autor: Kadir Nelson
  
• Categoria: Libros,Infantil,Lugares y culturas
  
• Tamaño del archivo: 17 MB
  
• Tipos de archivo: PDF Document
  
• Idioma: Español
  
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Great books and more oakland public library we are the ship the story of negro league baseball kadir nelson the winner of the newbery award is flora amp ulysses, a short, graphically illustrated chapter book by kate dicamillo, the coretta scott king author award went to rita williamsgarcia for ps, American library association announces literary award coretta scott king author book award walter dean myers is the winner of this firstever coretta scott king and we are the ship the story of negro league baseball, produced by Kadir nelson facebook nelson has also gained acclaim for the artwork he has contributed to several nyt bestselling picture books including his authorial debut, we are the ship the story of negro league baseball, winner of the coretta scott king and robert f sibert awards, and was published by disneyhyperion in the spring of 2008

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