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A biography of the first African-American player in the major leagues, who was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962.

Presents a short biography on Jackie Robinson and discusses his early childhood in Georgia and California, college sports and days with the Kansas City Monarchs baseball league, and recruitment as the first African-American to play major league baseball.

Joe Stoshack, a boy who has the ability to travel through time, learns a lesson about dignified behavior in the face of ethnic and racial strife when he goes back to 1947 to meet African-American baseball legend Jackie Robinson.

Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

A biography of the first African-American baseball player to be accepted by a major league team.

Relates the life story of the first African-American to play baseball in the major leagues.

A biography of the first African-American player in modern American major league baseball, emphasizing the prejudice he had to overcome by sheer courage.

A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old African-American man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman, Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's deathbed.

Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying.

An illustrated, simple biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American major league baseball player.

As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends.

Tells the life story of African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson, discussing his breaking of the sport's color barrier, his achievements as an athlete, and his life after his baseball career.

A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter.

A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African-American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Baseball hero Jackie Robinson's daughter discusses nine values that her father held dear, shares memories from her life and her father's that illustrate those values, and profiles individuals whom she considers heroes, including Christopher Reeve and Oprah Winfrey.