Hoop Queens (Sports Royalty)
by Charles R Smith (Author)
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, Hoop Queens will grab the attention of any kid who loves basketball -- and score a slam-dunk with teachers of poetry.
An International Reading Association Children's Choice
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
A Chicago Public Library Best Book
Back matter includes notes on the poems and an author's note.
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Charles R. Smith Jr. is an award-winning author, photographer, and poet with over thirty books to his credit. His awards include a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration (2010) for his photographs accompanying the Langston Hughes poem, My People, and a Coretta Scott King Honor Author Award (2008) for his biography on Muhammad Ali, Twelve Rounds to Glory. Many of his books have also garnered reluctant reader awards, proving that kids that don't like to read do like to read his books. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and currently lives in Poughkeepsie, New York. You can find him at charlesrsmithjr.com.
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF023000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
JNF054020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
Basketball
Women basketball players
