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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: Just As Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game by Chris Crowe and Mike Benny (Illustrator)
Description: Batter up for the first-ever children's book about Larry Doby, the first African-American player to hit a home run in the World Series.The year is 1948, and Homer and his daddy are baseball crazy. Ever since last season, when their man Larry Doby followed Jackie Robinson across baseball’s color line and signed on with their team, the Cleveland Indians, it’s been like a dream come true. And today Larry Doby and the Indians are playing Game Four of the World Series against the Boston Braves! With a play-by-play narration capturing all the excitement of that particular game...