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Jackie Robinson: Gran Pionero del Beisbol (Baseball’s Great Pioneer)

This graphic novel, written in Spanish, is a biography of the life of Jackie Robinson.  Always athletic, Jackie’s journey led him from being a juvenile delinquent, to sports in college, to playing on a small football team in Honolulu.  The highlights of Robinson’s rise through the minor and major leagues are well told and colorfully illustrated.  Readers will be attracted to this book about an amazing man – it’s about baseball and it’s in the popular comic book format.  The story is published in both Spanish and English.  A glossary, index, other books to read, and a facthound internet site are listed in the back.  The additional resources are not written in Spanish.  Recommended for elementary libraries.