The Greatest Thing: A Story About Buck O'Neil + guide + Biography series

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By Kristy Nerstheimer    Illustrator Christian Paniagua

Licensed with MLB, Chicago Cubs, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), Black Archives of Mid-America, and heirs of Buck O'Neil.

Join Buck O’Neil, Baseball Hall of Famer, through this first-person narrative from his childhood dreams, to playing baseball with the Kansas City Monarchs, to becoming the first Black coach in the major leagues. He is a baseball legend who showed the world how to live, love, and play ball. 

Buck’s legacy dovetails with the centennial celebrations of the Negro National Leagues and his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This picture book biography is the debut title in a series of divers biographies for children.

AUTHOR | ILLUSTRATOR AWARDS;

Kansas Notable Book Award 2022 | Thorpe Menn Nominee 2022 | Pitch of KC, Best Local Author 2021  |  41st Original Art Show acceptance into New York Society of Illustrator's Museum 2021

A portion of all sales will be given to Buck’s nonprofit charity, First Base Enterprises and to the NLBM to continue his generous gifts for children.  

FORMAT: Hardcover - Printed in USA - 32 pages
PUBLICATION: February 2, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-63333-053-5

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