Testing the ice

I believe I love just about every picture book I have experienced from Kadir Nelson. This is a neat story about Jackie Robinson of baseball fame by his daughter. It touches on a lesser told family story, and still gets across the information of the barriers that Jackie Robinson surpassed during the segregation in American baseball. We read this as an inter-library loan book.

Testing the Ice is a true story told from the perspective of Jackie Robinson's daughter. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It shows how Jackie Robinson showed courage not just in his professional life, but also his personal life.

I am a teacher and love reading this book to my students. They enjoy the vivid pictures and story line they can connect to. It makes a sometimes larger than life person, Jackie Robinson, seem very personal.