Satchel Paige

Play ball with Satchel Paige with this nonfiction picture book biography from two Coretta Scott King Award-winning creators.

No one pitched like Leroy "Satchel" Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them with his unique pitching style, and he even gave nicknames to some of his trademark pitches--there was the "hesitation," his magic slow ball, and the "bee ball," named because it would always "be" where he wanted it to be.

Follow Satch'​s career through these beautiful illustrations as he begins playing in the semi-pros and goes on to become the first African American to pitch in a major League World Series, and the first Negro Leaguer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 01/01/2003
ISBN: 9780689856815
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 11.58h x 9.30w x 0.16d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 12/16/2002 pg. 70
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2004 pg. 68
Publishers Weekly 12/16/2002

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 35036 / Satchel Paige
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5