Teammates

10 best books like Teammates (Peter Golenbock): Dreamers, I Am Enough, The Word Collector, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, One Tiny Turtle, Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Baseball Saved Us, Library Lil, Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale

Dreamers

Author	Yuyi Morales
ISBN	0823440559

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading.

In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.

She...

I Am Enough

Author	Grace Byers
ISBN	0062667122

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs

This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another—from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo.

This is the perfect gift for mothers and...

The Word Collector

Author	Peter H. Reynolds
ISBN	0545865026

Some people collect stamps.
Some people collect coins.
Some people collect art.
And Jerome?
Jerome collected words . . .

In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats,...

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

Author	Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN	0786851759

This is a powerful story about Harriet and slavery. It does a good job talking about slavery and how bad it was without being too much for kids. Harriet made 19 trips into the South and freed around 300 people. That is pretty incredible. She was in constant conversation with God. She was the most successful...

One Tiny Turtle

Author	Nicola Davies
ISBN	0763623113

"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic doublepage pictures convey the astonishing facts about the loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —BOOKLIST

Far, far out at sea lives one of the world's most mysterious creatures, the loggerhead turtle. For...

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author	Doreen Rappaport
ISBN	0786807148

The Barnes & Noble Review
Acclaimed author Doreen Rappaport and Coretta Scott King Award winner Bryan Collier, who previously collaborated on Freedom River , have pooled their talents yet again in a stunning tribute to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. An extraordinary...

Baseball Saved Us

Author	Ken Mochizuki
ISBN	1880000199

Shorty and his family, along with thousands of Japanese Americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighting the heat and dust of the desert, Shorty and his father decide to build a baseball diamond and form a league in order to boost the spirits of the internees. Shorty...

Library Lil

Author	Suzanne Williams
ISBN	0140568379

From the day she was born, Lil had a book in her hand ... so it's no surprise when she grows up to become a librarian herself. She even manages to turn the people of Chesterville—who are couch potatoes—into readers. But then Bust-'em-up Bill roars into town with his motorcycle gang. Just mention reading...

Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

Author	Shane W. Evans
ISBN	1596435380

A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for Freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.

"A stellar introduction to the Underground Railroad, narrated...

Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale

Author	Steven Kellogg
ISBN	0688058000

I had not heard of Paul Bunyan so I don't know how accurate the story is but I found this unpleasant and confusing. Building skyscrapers out of wood, a giant pancake machine that flipped the pancakes on top of the skyscrapers and people playing some game that looked like ice hockey with bacon strapped to...

Erika's Story

Author	Ruth Vander Zee
ISBN	1568461763

Although a picture book in form and shape, Erika’s Story is not for preschoolers. Innocenti’s famous photographic-style paintings in largely sepia tones (except a pink blanket wrapped baby thrown from a train) intensify the austerity of the tale. One of his previously published books, Rose...

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author	Christine King Farris
ISBN	0689843887

Renowned educator Christine King Farris, older sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., joins with celebrated illustrator Chris Soentpiet to tell this inspirational story of how one boyhood experience inspired a movement.

Mother Dear, one day I’m going to turn this world upside...

Freedom Summer

Author

Deborah Wiles

John Henry swims better than anyone I know.
He crawls like a catfish,
blows bubbles like a swamp monster,
but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me.
He's not allowed.
Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love...

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

Author	Kathleen Krull
ISBN	0152020985

Before Wilma Rudolph was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run--all the way to the Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three...