White Plains: Satchel Paige Magic Show

Press release from the White Plains Public Library:

February 20, 2021 10:00 am | by Joshua, Manager of Youth Services

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.

This press release was produced by the White Plains Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.