Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series mummies Winner of the Caldecott Medal

Winner of the Caldecott Medal

Now exiled

with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends

making it difficult for students to learn to play

and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series mummies Winner of the Caldecott MedalThe true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports. "Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern