Hoop Queens - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles R. Smith JrSeries:Sports RoyaltyAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2007-09-11Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763635619ISBN-10:763635618UPC:9780763635619Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Poetry, Sports & Recreation, Girls & WomenBook Topic:BasketballSize:7.58 x 5.32 x 0.15 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SCMVSYKFS3
Hoop Queens
"Young basketball fans will have a hard time keeping still. . . . A great choice to energize poetry units." -- Booklist Margo Dydek, Ticha Penicheiro, Chamique Holdsclaw . . . these are just three of the twelve women profiled in a dynamic group of poems honoring some of the best female players in professional basketball. With action photographs and kinetic lyrics illustrating each player's style,...
Series: Sports Royalty
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763635619ISBN-10:763635618UPC:9780763635619Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Poetry, Sports & Recreation, Girls & WomenBook Topic:BasketballSize:7.58 x 5.32 x 0.15 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SCMVSYKFS3
Charles R. Smith Jr. says that while growing up in California, he read anything he could get his hands on. "Reading books filled with stories and poems inspired me to write my own," he says. "The more I read, the more I wrote. And if I wasn't reading a book, I was playing a sport: I played everything, particularly basketball, and spent many afternoons on the court, perfecting my jump shot." While...
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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