Players in pigtails

Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.

Main Author: Corey, Shana.
Other Authors: Gibbon, Rebecca (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2003.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0439183057 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Shana Corey has the unique ability to make history accessible and fun, a talent that has been praised in all of her celebrated picture books, including MERMAID QUEEN, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham and YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER!, illustrated by Chesley McLaren, which was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and an Orbis Pictus Recommended Title. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.