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Béisbol Begins: How Nemesio Guilló Brought Baseball to Cuba
Nemesio Guilló didn't travel from Cuba to the United States as an eleven-year-old boy just so he...
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Nemesio Guilló didn't travel from Cuba to the United States as an eleven-year-old boy just so he could find a new sport to introduce to his home country. But that's exactly what happened!
Nemesio and his older brother came to Alabama in 1858 to attend school. While there, they encountered a new sport that was sweeping the country--baseball. Back in Cuba, Spanish colonizers expected Cubans to follow Spanish customs, including bullfighting. Nemesio believed that baseball better reflected the spirit of the Cuban people, and when he returned home, he brought along a baseball bat so he could introduce the game to his friends. The Spanish governor eventually banned béisbol, as it became known, from being played in Cuba, but by that point it had already caught on. In time, the Cubans gained their independence, and baseball became the national sport!
Author and illustrator Ramon Olivera shares the fascinating true story of how a teenage boy brought béisbol from the United States to Cuba!
Author: Ramon Olivera
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.80h x 10.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9798765649343
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2026
Booklist 02/01/2026
School Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 107
About the Author
Olivera, Ramon: - Ramon Olivera earned his BS in illustration from San Jose State University. He has illustrated more than twenty books for children and is author/illustrator of ABCs on Wings and ABCs on Wheels. Publishing clients include Little Simon, Hachette UK, Abrams Appleseed, and Little, Brown and Company. He was part of a team that received an Annie Award nomination for their production design work on 'Hoops & YoYo's Haunted Halloween'. His work has been exhibited in the New York Society of Illustrators and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Ramon lives in the Kansas City area with his wife and two kids.
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