Satchel Paige and Negro League Baseball Historical Magic Show
Saturday, February 13 – Saturday, February 20
Children, families, ages 3-12

Join Tommy Terrific all week long for a pre-recorded historical magic show about Satchel Paige and Negro League baseball. The show will be filled with baseball-themed magic tricks, and it will explore the life and accomplishments of baseball pitcher Satchel Paige. From his all-star touring shows, to his amazing records with the Negro Leagues, to his Hall of Fame induction as baseball's oldest rookie and oldest player, Satchel Paige is a true American original. Fun and informative for families and ages 3-12. Watch as many times as you want!

Be sure to also check out our Black History Month StoryWalk featuring Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues written by Leah Henderson & illustrated by George Doutsiopoulos on view at the Library through February 23.

Read more about Satchel Paige and the Negro Leagues

The Negro Leagues: Celebrating Baseball’s Unsung Heroes by Matt Doeden
eBook / Library Catalog

Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman and Ron J. Findley
Library Catalog
Satch & Me by Dan Gutman
eBook / Library Catalog
Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues written by Leah Henderson & illustrated by George Doutsiopoulos
eBook / Library Catalog
Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream by Crystal Hubbard, illustrated by Randy DuBurck
eBook / Library Catalog
What Were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson
eBook / Library Catalog
Satchel Paige: Legendary Pitcher by Hallie Murray
eBook
Down to the Last Out: the Journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers
Library Catalog Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome
eBook / Library Catalog
Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs Rookie Joe DiMaggio by Rob Skead, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
eBook / Library Catalog
Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 by Charles R. Smith, Jr., illustrated by Frank Morrison
eBook / Library Catalog
We Are The Ship: the Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Library Catalog
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso
eBook / Library Catalog King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige by Wes Tooke
eBook / Library Catalog
Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams
eBook

This program is supported by the White Plains Library Foundation.