Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)

Every year I make a point of revisiting the kid in me by reading one children’s book. After seeing the hit movie “42” about the legendary Jackie Robinson I wanted to learn more about the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. Then along came Dan Gutman’s Jackie & Me, one of the best children’s books this reader ever read. This tale of a boy who travels back to 1947 to meet Robinson – and in the process learns firsthand what it was like to be a person of color in late 1940s America – hits a home run right out of Ebbets Field. Jackie & Me is about making dreams come true, about perseverance, about a time when tough, gritty men with zany personalities played their hearts out in dusty little ballparks... Gutman chalks up a never-to-be-forgotten history lesson in an entertaining yet meaningful way. Whether you’re a kid or a kid at heart with a hungering for heroes, Jackie & Me should be part of your reading lineup.

Jackie Robinson is well known and the first African American to break into the major leagues. He was also a heckuva guy, and this adventure tells you why. He was a better man than I am, because he was able to simply stand on his record and let his actions endear him to his teammates, and then to the public at large. I'd probably have killed somebody, but as I said, he was a better man. Stosh not only meets Jackie, but he also gets to experience being a black kid back in the day when, frankly, you were better off not being one. (I know, you're still most likely better off as a caucasian, but it was worse. A lot worse.) Somebody had to be the one to stop putting up with the nonsense, and like Ms. Parks on her bus a few years later, Jackie Robinson was just the man to do that. Good book. Worth the reading.

In this book, Jackie And Me. It shows good action which Made the book very intertaining. Also the author gave us good facts about Jackie. In the book it gave me lots of moments when I couldn't stop reading to find the solution to a problem. So there for this book is a five star

Culturally insensitive and inappropriate content: the main character is white boy who travels in time and magically turns into a black boy. Upon seeing his black reflection in a shop window, his first thought is that the kid in the window must be robbing the store. (Granted, it's nighttime/store is closed, but seriously.) Continuously shocked at his skin, tries to "rub it off." And a few pages later, the n-word is fully spelled out in print. While the author may have meant well, this book is harmful. Do NOT buy.

Fun book to read. When a young boy holds a baseball card of Jackie Robinson he can travel back in time and meet Jackie

The book has a lot of interesting facts and great life lessons on Jackie Robinson. When Joe Stoshstack travels back in time to 1947, he meets Jackie Robinson and learns that everyone was so hard on African Americans and did very bad things to them. Joe learns that it Isn't worth it to fight about something or get angry about it

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My 9 yr old son loves these book!