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Robbin Miller Talks About Her Reading with Your Kids Certified Great Read “Breaking the Barriers: A Girl’s Dream to Play Little League with the Boys”
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Thank you for stopping by! Recently we announced Breaking the Barriers: A Girl’s Dream to Play Little League with the Boys by Robbin Miller as one of the Reading with your kids Certified Great Reads. Today we have Robbin joining us on the podcast to talk about her wonderful book that is inspired by the powerful story of Robbin Miller playing the little league with boys in 1975.
We hope you and your family enjoy reading Breaking the Barriers as much as we did. We also hope that this book will be a great help in inspiring girls to have a choice to play little league with boys and to stand up to the obstacles they may encounter along their journey!
Congratulations again to Robbin Miller for winning RWYK Certified Great Read Status for Breaking the Barriers: A Girl’s Dream to Play Little League with the Boys!
Let’s have a look at the Book Blurb
Breaking the Barriers: A Girl’s Dream to Play Little League with the Boys written by Robbin Miller
During a summer family picnic in 1974, Robbin observes a little league game being played in a nearby baseball field. Seeing how much fun the game was, and watching the fans cheer for their teams, Robbin asked her dad to teach her to play baseball. As she practiced, over time, Robbin learned that girls were not allowed to play little league baseball with boys. Refusing to give up her dream, Robbin was excited to learn about a famous court case that ruled that same year, that girls were to be allowed to play little league with boys. The long-standing barrier was finally lifted, and Robbin signed up to play in 1975. A brave and determined Robbin strutted her stuff and showed her community that she could play ball just as well as the boys, on any baseball diamond. Despite encountering jeers, boos, and name-calling from the stands and from the boys, Robbin excelled on the field and played with her head held high for the love of the game.
Breaking the Barriers is available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2DLvIgH
Meet the author
Robbin Miller is a Children’s Book Author and mother of an 8-year old son, named EJ. This is Robbin’s first chapter book for children ages 8-11 years old. Robbin published two other picture books, “Playgroup Time,” and “Three Best Friends,” since 2015. Robbin enjoys writing picture and chapter books on interesting topics for children and their parents. Robbin is proud to tell her story of playing little league with boys in 1975. She wants to inspire girls to have a choice to play little league with boys and to stand up to the obstacles they may encounter along their journey. These crucial life lessons that Robbin learned along her path helped her in being resilient and persistent in developing her goals in life. Robbin is very appreciative and blessed that her parents and brother, Bruce stood behind her while she crossed the sidelines to play little league with boys.
Finally, Where Can We Find Robbin Miller Online?
In this episode, we discuss
- What inspired Robin to write Breaking the Barriers: A Girl’s Dream to Play Little League with the Boys?
- How did Robbin feel when she was denied to play the baseball with boys?
- What kind of reactions did she receive from the adults when she finally made it to the team to play the little league with the boys?
- Robbin also mentions how society has still not changed for girls.
- How her book inspires girls to stand up for themselves with grit and determination and to never let anyone tell them what they can and cannot do.
- What is Robbin currently working on and much more.
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