Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing...
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Author: Sharon Robinson
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Language: English
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Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson by Robinson, Sharon

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

¥5,386

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

¥5,386
Author: Sharon Robinson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father.

When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone's fun. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water. In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it's safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)

Author: Sharon Robinson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 12.30h x 9.28w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780545052511
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 133638 / Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson


Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Approved
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 10/01/2009 pg. 100
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2009
School Library Journal 10/01/2009 pg. 103
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2009 pg. 47
Booklist 10/15/2009 pg. 56
Essence 12/01/2009 pg. 86
New York Times Book Review 12/20/2009 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 pg. 161 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Multicultural Review 08/01/2010 pg. 64

About the Author
Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By and Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America.

KADIR NELSON illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books: Moses and Libre: Le long voyage d'Henri. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won the Coretta Scott King Award. Will Smith's Just The Two of Us won an NAACP Image Award, and his new book, We Are The Ship continues to garner major awards. Nelson showed artistic talent at age three and began working in oils by age sixteen. Kadir Nelson lives in Los Angeles.


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