Champions on the Bench by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrations by Leonard Jenkins is the perfect companion book to Campy The Story of Roy Campanella that I wrote about the other day.
Champions on the Bench is a story based on the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Stars who faced discrimination when the white teams refused to play them in the Little League World Series. This story is a realistic way for students to learn about discrimination and segregation because it is a topic many can relate to, sports.
I loved the pictures in this book which were created with pencil, acrylic, and spray paint (of all things). It is just an all around lovely book and I will be reading both this book and Campy this year.
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