Reviews for Campy: The Story of Roy Campanella

The average rating for Campy: The Story of Roy Campanella based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-03 00:00:00 Thomas Mcmanus Ordinarily I feel like picture book biographies do better when they get specific, focusing on a part of the person's life. The picture book format isn't always well suited to a beginning to end life story, but here it works. Especially since it is such a multifaceted, interesting life. There are a LOT of picture books about African-American pioneers busting the color barriers and while that story is important it is really nice to get a full picture of a person, see that their life was more than that, and who they were. I also liked the way the book began, it helped the story unfold very nicely.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-17 00:00:00 NATHAN BAGLE The inspirational story of Roy Campanella's life and career as the first African American catcher in Major League Baseball. He overcame poverty and racism in his early life and disability in his later life to inspire us all to be our best.