01843cam a2200409 i 4500 623655410 TxAuBib 20090615120000.0 080131s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008351768 9780786808328 hardcover 0786808322 hardcover (OCoLC)187095171 JTB eng rda JTB DLC BAKER YDXCP CPL BTCTA JED VP@ EHH UWC IXA NDA TxAuBib rda Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship : The Story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2008. 88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson. 900L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 3 119912. 20090615. Texas Bluebonnet Award 2009-2010 Master List. Negro leagues History Juvenile literature. Negro leagues. Negro leagues. History. African American baseball players Juvenile literature. African American baseball players History. Baseball United States History Juvenile literature. African Americans. Baseball players. TXKPL