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Author Grossinger, Tania.

Title Jackie and me : a very special friendship / written by Tania Grossinger ; illustrated by Charles George Esperanza.

Publication Info. New York : Skyhorse, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  PICTURE BOOK-SPORTS-GROSSINGER    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Summary Aged thirteen in 1951, Tania feels like an outsider at her cousins' hotel but guest Jackie Robinson invites her to play ping pong with him, which is the start of a friendship that lasts until the baseball legend's death in 1972.
Subject Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hotels -- Juvenile fiction.
Motels -- Juvenile fiction.
Grossinger (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc. -- Fiction.
Grossinger (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Picture books for children.
Added Author Esperanza, C. G. (Charles George), illustrator.
ISBN 9781620876831 hardback alkaline paper
1620876833 hardback alkaline paper
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