Assortment of top titles. Discover top titles, podcasts, and more on Audible. Try 30 days free.
To share your reaction on this item, open the Amazon app from the App Store or Google Play on your phone.
Buy used:
$16.99
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime
FREE delivery Wednesday, January 29 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or Prime members get FREE delivery Sunday, January 26. Order within 3 hrs 25 mins.
Condition: Used: Good
Comment: Book is in standard used condition. The binding is tight, but the cover and edges may have significant wear. Supplemental materials may not be valid. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Ships fast from Amazon! UNMARKED copy.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Jackie's Gift Hardcover – October 14, 2010

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

off. Enter code INSTAPAY10 at checkout. Discount by Amazon. Terms  off. Promo code INSTAPAY10 is saved to your account. Discount by Amazon. Terms  
Young Steve Satlow is thrilled when his hero Jackie Robinson moves onto his block. After the famed second baseman invites Steve to a Dodgers game, the two become friends. So when Jackie hears that the Satlows don't have a Christmas tree, he decides to give them one, not realizing the Satlows are Jewish. But Jackie's gift helps these two different families discover how much they have in common.

Written by the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson and illustrated by a Caldecott Honor winner, Jackie's Gift is a holiday tale-based on a true story-about friendship and breaking barriers.

The%20Amazon%20Book%20Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 3–Jackie Robinson's daughter tells a story that takes place during the family's first Christmas in Brooklyn. Not everyone was happy to see a black family move in to the neighborhood. Young Steve Satlow, an avid Dodger fan, and his parents are exceptions; they welcome the Robinsons and become friends. On Christmas Eve, Steve is helping the Robinsons decorate their tree when Jackie learns that the Satlows don't have one. He shows up at their home with a tree for Steve, and his wife comes later with extra ornaments. They then learn that the Satlows are Jewish. What could have been an awkward moment becomes a lesson in tolerance and friendship. Lewis's lovely paintings do a fine job of conveying the time and place in this heartwarming story.Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
© Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

From Booklist

Beginning with Stealing Home (1996), the author has introduced children to her father, Jackie Robinson, in a series of warmhearted picture books that humanize the legend. Based on actual events, this latest title begins with the Robinsons� move to Brooklyn, where the community petitions against the African American family�s arrival. Robinson tells the story from the perspective of a young Jewish boy, Steve Satlow, whose mother reminds him of the persecution that forced his Russian grandparents to seek religious freedom in America. Steve is thrilled when his family befriends the Robinsons, and he gets to watch the famous second baseman in action. In December, he helps the Robinsons decorate their Christmas tree, which starts a series of miscommunications between the two families that ends warmly. The realities of the racial prejudice that the Robinsons faced are a strong undercurrent in this story, which reaches for larger themes of cultural and religious tolerance, and Lewis� sensitive watercolor portraits capture the family dynamics and further showcase Robinson as both a great athlete and as the neighbor next door who makes mistakes like anyone else. Grades K-3. --Gillian Engberg

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Juvenile; First Edition (October 14, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670011622
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670011629
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 5 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - Kindergarten
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.78 x 0.39 x 11.34 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Sharon Robinson
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

After a twenty-year career as a nurse midwife, Sharon Robinson shifted her focus to become an author and educational consultant for Major League Baseball (MLB). She has written five books about her father, including Jackie Robinson: American Hero (Scholastic, 2013) Jackie's Gift: A true Story of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Jackie Robinson with illustrator E.B. Lewis (Viking, 2010), Testing the Ice: A true story of Jackie Robinson with illustrator, Kadir Nelson (Scholastic, 2009). She has also written two middle-grade novels. Her next book, Under the Same Sun (Scholastic, 2014), features her mother and will be in bookstores January 2014.

In her work with MLB, Ms Robinson directs the national character education program: Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life. The program provides kids with stategies to deal with obstacles in their life. It culminates in a national essay contest with great prizes including laptop computers, school visits from Sharon, and a trip to MLB's All-Star Game! Now in it's 18th year, Breaking Barriers has reached over 22 million children. Sharon Robinson lives in Sarasota, Florida.

Learn more about Sharon and her books at www.sharonrobinsonink.com.

Customer reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
22 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers

Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2021
    I received this book quickly and it was in perfect condition.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2016
    I teach in a multi cultural classroom. I love reading this book each year. My boys love it because it is about Jackie Robinson and I love his good-hearted action with a neighborhood boy. Kids need heroes like Jackie Robinson. Great book.
    One person found this helpful
    Report
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2017
    I bought this book for my grandson for his grandfather (a Brooklyn Dodger fan) to read during Chanukah! Sweet and lovely story!
    3 people found this helpful
    Report
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2012
    A wonderful, heart warming story of love and respect transcending race and religion. A true holiday story! A delightful story of two families support,respect and admiration for each other.
    4 people found this helpful
    Report
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2016
    Great story about tollerance with some real humor thrown in.
    One person found this helpful
    Report
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017
    Excellent story
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013
    "Jackie's Gift - A True Story of Christmas, Hanukkah and Jackie Robinson" is a delightful Children's Christmas Picture book based on the true story of Baseball's famous Jackie Robinson and his family moving to Brooklyn, New York and sharing their Holiday Spirit with a Jewish Family in 1948.

    This 8 3/4 inch by 11 1/4 inch hardback book has 30 pages. Almost every other page is a full page full color painting by Caldecott Honor artist, E. B. Lewis. The full color paintings enhance the storyline quite well and vividly portray the characters and their feelings and actions. The full color pictorial cover and matching dust jacket show a smiling Jackie Robinson placing an angel on top of his Christmas tree with his Jewish neighbor's son son looking on. The last page of the book is a biographical sketch about the events in this book.

    It is the Year 1948 and Jackie Robinson and his family move to Brooklyn, New York where he is playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When many of the white families in the neighborhood heard that a black family was moving in, many signed petitions to keep them out. One of the families who opposed the petition drive was the Satlow family - a Jewish family who were the descendents of persecuted Jews. Steve Satlow lived for baseball. Steve finds out that Jackie Robinson and his family are moving on his street and that they would be his neighbors. Never in his wildest imagination did he think he would be living two doors away from his baseball hero. After a winning season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, it is time for Christmas. The Robinsons are busy decorating their tree and Steve Satlow is anxiously helping to decorate it. The Robinsons ask Steve if his family has decorated their tree yet. Steve said, "We don't have one," with a heavy sigh. Later that day, Jackie Robinson rapped on his Jewish neighbor's door with a Christmas tree in hand. When Mrs. Satlow answered the door, she was quite surprised to see the Christmas tree that Jackie brought with him. Out of the kindness of Jackie's heart and in the true spirit of Christmas, Jackie bought a tree for Steve and his family. There is only one problem! The Satlows are Jewish and do not decorate Christmas trees. The moment becomes quite awkward but also rather humorous. You will want to read the book to find out about the ending of the story and how the Jewish Satlow family handles the Christmas tree.

    This is a wonderful book to help teach children about respect and appreciation for other religions. The story also reinforces the true Spirit of Giving at Christmas.
    One person found this helpful
    Report
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014
    Here's a Jackie Robinson story you may not have heard. _Jackie's Gift_ tells of the friendship between the baseball player and a young boy in his new neighborhood. Written by Robinson's daughter, the story hints at the challenges Jackie faced and describes a wonderfully human experience in the life of a great man. With messages of acceptance and kindness, inclusiveness and caring, gracious giving and equally gracious receiving, it's a wonderful story for whatever midwinter holiday you celebrate.