Glenn Burke, game changer the man who invented the high five
"An inspiring picture book biography about Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, and the story of how he created the high five, the world's most recognizable handshake."--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar Strauss Giroux Books for Young Readers,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "An inspiring picture book biography about Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, and the story of how he created the high five, the world's most recognizable handshake."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm |
| Audience: | 1-4 6-9 |
| Awards: | School Library Journal Best Books, 2024 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780374391225 037439122X |
| Author Notes: | His picture books include Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy, The Shot Heard 'Round the World, Twenty-One Elephants, Turkey Bowl, The Hallelujah Flight, and The Soccer Fence. Marvelous Cornelius won the 2016 Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children's Literature. His young adult novels include Playing the Field and Busted. He also co-created the Sluggers series with Loren Long. In 2007, he began chaperoning student-volunteer trips to Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. He co-founded The NOLA Tree, a non-profit service organization. (Bowker Author Biography) |
