Dr. Greg Rubano

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       Does the glow of a lightning Bug delight you? If so, read about Photinus, the lightning bug who travels to the home of Rudyard Kipling hoping that the famous British writer of children’s tales can tell him just why his golden lantern lights the sky.

 

                                           

and there are BUGS

 

If for you a perfect vacation is a trip to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, even in winter; If the exploits of your baseball heroes make you want to learn about other stars of the diamond, past and present,

     Then you are a BUG and you have two baseball themed books to read, each about baseball heroes whose stories thrilled the bugs of their generation.

 

 

BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON                           there was  CHARLES ALBERT BENDER

 

50 years before the heroic Jackie Robinson, another trailblazer took the baseball field against crippling prejudice. Learn about Native American pitcher Charles Albert Bender’s triumphant march to the Hall of Fame.  Celebrate those who refused to let social oppression destroy their identity and cultural pride.   

 

BEFORE BABE RUTH                     there was Napoleon Lajoie

 

Before the Babe, the Emperor: Napoleon Lajoie is a children’s coffee table book with a plot. Learn about baseball at the turn of the century and the great slugger who thrilled bugs across the nation and captured forever the heart of a young boy.