Hoop Kings (Sports Royalty)
by Charles R Smith (Author)
With pumping, energetic, rap-inspired wordplay, Charles R. Smith Jr. profiles the distinctive styles of the best players in basketball Tim Duncan cashes in double-digit points by banking it off the backboard. Kevin Garnett makes his new-and-improved moves in 3-D. As for Shaquille O'Neal, just see what it might take to fill his gargantuan shoes (shown actual size). With pumping, energetic, rap-inspired wordplay, Charles R. Smith profiles the distinctive playing styles of twelve of the best male players in basketball. An International Reading Association Children's Choice A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices List Selection Back matter includes notes on the poems and an author's note.
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Starred Review
"This book will have enormous appeal for all ages; basketball fans will love it, but so will others who respond to color, lively language, and energy. Readers will experience a wild ride!
--School Library Journa (starred review)
--School Library Journa (starred review)
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An International Reading Association Children’s Choice
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
A Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices List Selection
Charles R Smith
Charles R. Smith Jr. is the author of Hoop Queens and its companion, Hoop Kings, as well as Pick-Up Game, Chameleon, and Twelve Rounds to Glory, a Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book. He is also the recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for his photographs accompanying Langston Hughes's poem in My People. Charles Smith Jr. lives in New York.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780763635602
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
September 20, 2007
Series
Sports Royalty
BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF054020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
JNF054020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
Library of Congress categories
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