In a stunning metaphor for Jackie Robinson\'s legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson honors her extraordinary father\'s memory with her warm graceful storytelling.
Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.).
The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes.
Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it\'s safe.
In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake.
But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water.
The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating.
When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone\'s fun.
Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, True Story about growing up with her father.
Full color.
Caldecott Honor-artist Nelson has created richly rendered paintings that radiate with the spirit of one of America\'s finest heroes.
In a stunning metaphor for Jackie Robinson\'s legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson honors her extraordinary father\'s memory with her warm graceful storytelling
