The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game

By Nancy Churnin and Illustrate by Jez Tuya

Published by Albert Whitman & Company

William Ellsworth Hoy was deaf.  Despite his disability, he wanted to play professional baseball.  He practiced and practiced and was finally picked up on a team.  But couldn’t hear the empires’ calls.  So one day, he asked the umpire to use hand signals.  His suggestion changed the game of baseball forever.

 

 

The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton

By Audrey Vernick and illustrated by Steven Salerno

Published by Clarion Books

Edith Houghton was born in 1912 in Philadelphia. At the age of ten, she became a female baseball player. She played ball with women who were older than she was and even traveled with her team to Japan. Later in life, she became the first woman to scout for a professional baseball team.

 

 

Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII

By Marissa Moss

Published by Harry N. Abrams

Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni) stood only five feet tall and wanted to be a baseball player. People told him he was too short.  But he didn’t care.  He was a natural athlete and when he grew up he played ball with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.  When WWII broke out, Zeni and his family were sent to Gila River internment camp in Arizona. In the barren desert environment, Zeni brought the game of baseball to the camp and later became known as the “Father of Japanese-American Baseball.”

 

Legends:  The Best Players, Games and Teams in Baseball

By Howard Bryant

Published by Puffin Books

The title “Legends” tells it all. Author Howard Bryant has compiled the best the sport has to offer by telling the story of the players, teams, and important moments in baseball history.

 

 

 

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