Before They Let Us Play Vol. 1 — They Built Their Own League: The Negro Leagues Story (Kid-Friendly Edition — EPUB)

When the big leagues would not let Black players in, the players built a league of their own. Young readers meet Rube Foster from Calvert, Texas, who started the Negro National League on February 13, 1920, ride the team bus on the barnstorming road, and meet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and Oscar Charleston — stars the record books missed for a very long time. Every chapter ends with one short Receipt: the strongest true fact of the chapter, in words a child can repeat.

All 6 chapters, each closing with its sources and method note, in the clean EPUB edition — readable on any e-reader, tablet, or phone. The Interactive Edition (separate listing) adds recorded narration by Marcus, the timeline, and the educator quiz.

The chapters:

• Before the Ban — The Door Was Open, Then It Closed

• A League of Their Own — Rube Foster and February 13, 1920

• Barnstorming America — The Bus, the Gate, and Jim Crow

• Stars the Record Books Missed — Paige, Gibson, Bell, Charleston

• Their Own World Series, Their Own All-Star Game

• 1947 and After — The Breakthrough That Emptied the Ballparks

They built their own game. Then they took the whole game.

Edition and price: Kid-Friendly Edition — EPUB $7.99 (this listing) · Interactive Edition $11.99 (separate listing). A TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Before They Let Us Play Educator materials.