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Phil Bildner
A fresh, funky middle school, sports, and friendship story about best friends tackling fifth-grade challenges.
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A "picture book biography about Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, and the story of how he created the world's most recognizable handshake…
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For use in schools and libraries only. From the first morning with their odd new teacher fifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red.
Phil Bildner puts his experience as a high school teacher to good use as he propels readers through a series of interwoven stories about kids doing things they’re pretty sure…
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Darcy Miller wants to play for the boys’ high school baseball team, but in just a few short months, Darcy goes from typical high school senior to a trash-talk-show candidate…
After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with…
A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger and Oakland Athletic Glenn Burke–the first professional baseball player to come out as gay–into…
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School, sports, and friendship are at the centre of this second book in a new series that’s pure fun with a lot of heart. - School Library Journal
School, sports, and friendship!
A heartfelt and personal novel from Phil Bildner, about a boy’s experience of coming to terms with his sexuality and being true to himself.
After watching a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, Gideon wants to get an autograph from his favorite player, but he becomes separated from his family, and ends up in a…
Loren Long,Phil Bildner
The Travelin’ Nine are headed to St. Louis and New Orleans as they continue to raise money to pay off their big league debt.
First published as the bestselling Barnstormers books, the Sluggers series features the Travelin’ Nine baseball team and the Payne kids, who must solve the mystery of the baseball their uncle…
For use in schools and libraries only. Learning about Griffith’s strange conversation with Uncle Owen, Ruby begins to tie it to the clues of the unsolved mystery in Cincinnati–all the…
Formerly called Barnstormers, the Sluggers series is back with a new name and look as it tells the story of the Travelin’ Nine baseball team, the kids whose family the…
The Travelin’ Nine are in trouble. No only have they missed their train to Minneapolis, but the team has lot its pitcher and no one except Ruby is happy about…
The Paynes are down at the bottom of their last inning, but are they out? The final book in Loren Long and Phil Bildner’s Sluggers!
Traces the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
This fascinating dual biography of tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert chronicles their rivalry on the court and celebrates the power of equality, respect, and sportsmanship.
A man sings and dances his way through the French Quarter in New Orleans, keeping his beloved city clean, until Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly causes him to lose his spirit.
The third book in Phil Bildner’s Rip and Red series.
In the fourth book of the illustrated middle-grade Rip and Red series, the two boys have one last basketball thrill ride before the end of fifth grade.
Phil Bildner,C. F Payne
Each time Hector watches white boys playing soccer in Johannesburg, South Africa, he dreams of playing on a real pitch one day. After the fall of apartheid, when he sees…
