The Belles of Baseball discusses how in the 1940s and 1950s, women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball, boosting morale during World War II, and paving the way for future generations of female athletes.

Companion to Women at Play.

Johnny Appleseed: John Chapman, known by almost all, as Johnny Appleseed, is the man who sprinkled apple seeds, planted trees and told stories to children across the Midwest. Martin's big words: Using his quotes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to life in this biography about beliefs and dreams and following one's heart. It will inspire and affect all. Players in pigtails: This story celebrates a brave girl's love of baseball as she works to become...

"Baseball is North America's favorite pastime. Millions of fans thrill to the sound, smell and electricity of the game; a game associated with men. But unknown to many, young women played the game, as hard and as well as most men, at a time when many men were away at war. They could routinely hit 240-foot home runs, slide into bases, skirts flying and bare thighs burning raw into the dirt. They were the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League....