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For younger readers

Davidson, Margaret. The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1987. Emphasizes the obstacles Robinson had to overcome; for readers in grades 5 to 10.

Dunn, Herb. Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer. Simon & Schuster, 1999. A biography emphasizing Robinson's childhood; for readers in grades 5 to 8.

Golenbock, Peter. Teammates. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990, 1992. Describes the hostility Jackie Robinson faced and the support he received from teammate Pee Wee Reese; for younger readers.

Robinson, Jackie

Rampersad, Arnold. Jackie Robinson: A Biography. Knopf, 1997. Comprehensive biography.

Robinson, Jackie, and Alfred Duckett. I Never Had It Made. Putnam, Reprint, Ecco, 1972. 1995. Candid memoir of the great baseball player.

Tygiel, Jules, ed. The Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American Hero. Dutton, 1997. Essays by Roger Kahn, Red Barber, Wendell Smith, Malcolm X, and others who knew Robinson.

Tygiel, Jules. Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy. Oxford University Press, 1997. Biography, first published in 1983.

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