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Gift Guide: Basketballers

For the ballers who love to jump & slam-dunk, check out our full curated collection of books about basketball.

Picture Books

Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan

Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale by Charly Palmer

More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball by Madison Moore

Goodnight Basketball (Sports Illustrated Kids Bedtime Books) by Michael Dahl

Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters by Suzanne Slade

See All Basketball Books

Kindergarten to 1st Grade

When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley

My First Dino-Basketball (Dino Board Books) by Lisa Wheeler

Join the Team! (Step Into Reading Step 2: Reading With Help) by Random House

I Have a Superpower by Stephen Curry

Pass the Ball, Mo! (Mo Jackson #3) by David A Adler

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2nd to 3rd Grade

Michael Jordan (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Half-Court Hero (The Zach & Zoe Mysteries #2) by Mike Lupica

EllRay Jakes Stands Tall (EllRay Jakes #9) by Sally Warner

Hoggy Went-A-Courtin' (I Like to Read Comics) by Ethan Long

I Got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley

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4th to 5th Grade

Shot Clock by Caron Butler

Hard Court (Fifth Quarter #2) by Mike Dawson

Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau

Who Was Kobe Bryant? by Ellen Labrecque

We Are Family by Lebron James

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