Okay, so reason number 796 why the Book-A-Day challenge is amazing: this book has been on my shelf for years in the "Sports" basket. Never did I realize that Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was a female baseball player in the Negro Leagues after World War II.
This school year, I'm going to start Genius Hour with my classes. If you don't know about Genius Hour, it is essentially giving students 20% of the week (1 class period) to research and work on a project of their choosing. Students employ incredible research and technology skills, and create high-quality projects and presentations. Anyway, if I were a child in my class, this is something that I would want to research during Genius Hour - the Negro Leagues.
Peanut Johnson has such a cool story. Check it out. 
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