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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

Aim High, Little Giant, Aim High! by Bobbito García

If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars by Richard Ho

Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (Citizen Kid) by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

Basketball Dreams by Chris Paul

The Perfect One by Sue Lancaster

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Kindergarten to 1st Grade

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

My First Book of Basketball (Sports Illustrated Kids Rookie) by The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids

The Perfect One by Sue Lancaster

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

Basketball Bounce! (2nd Street Sports) by Thomas Kingsley Troupe

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2nd to 3rd Grade

Fast Breaks and Fanatics: Behind the Scenes of Game Day Basketball (Sports Illustrated Kids: Game Day!) by Martin Driscoll

The Switch by Jesse Byrd

Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA by Emily Inouye Huey

Rising Above: The Wataru Wat Misaka Story by Hayley Diep

Basketball's Greatest (Sports Illustrated Kids: Sports Greatest Myths and Legends) by Elliott Smith

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4th to 5th Grade

Andrew Conquers the Court by Antonietta Tripodi Quinn

The Basketball Tournament of Dreams (Super Hoopers #1) by Alberto Casamayor

Basketball: Amazing But True Stories! (Who Got Game?) by Derrick D Barnes

Basketball Battles (Jake Maddox JV) by Jake Maddox

Michael Jordan: Basketball Legend (Primetime Legends) by Luke Hanlon

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