Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series art supplies Or does he

Or does he

"There is comfort in understanding the natural processes taking place all around

National Book Award finalist

and author Chris Singleton

his mother gave him a copy of Gray's Anatomy

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series art supplies Or does heThe true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series. This picture book teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports. "Charles Bender grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. John Meyers was raised on the Cahuilla reservation in Southern