Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson - by Sharon Robinson (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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. Caldecott Honor-artist Nelson has created richly rendered paintings that radiate with the spirit of one of America's finest heroes. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, has crafted a hearwarming, true story about growing up with her father.<p></p>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. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water. In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go--but only after he tests the ice to make sure it's safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including <i>Jackie's Nine: </i><i>Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By</i> and <i>Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America</i>. <br/><p><b>KADIR NELSON</b> illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books: <i>Moses</i> and<i> Libre: Le long voyage d'Henri</i>. <i>Ellington Was Not a Street</i> by Ntozake Shange won the Coretta Scott King Award. Will Smith's <i>Just The Two of Us</i> won an NAACP Image Award, and his new book, <i>We Are The Ship</i> continues to garner major awards. Nelson showed artistic talent at age three and began working in oils by age sixteen. Kadir Nelson lives in Los Angeles.</p>
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