eBranch Blog

June 27, 2006

It's a Slam Dunk...Kids Basketball Book List

This year's Summer Reading Program theme is Reading: The Sport of Champions. Our newest book list is for those of you who like to dribble a Basketball. Head to the court for picture books, easy readers, fiction, and nonfiction books.

Deloris Jordan. Salt in His Shoes
Young Michael Jordan, who is smaller than the other players, learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball.

Claudia Mills. Gus and Grandpa at Basketball
Gus enjoys basketball practice, but the noise and pace of real games bother him, until his grandpa gives him some good advice.

Michele Martin Bossley. Queen of the Court
Kallana has always been interested in fashion and then her father decides that she is going to play basketball.

Mark Dunning. Basketball
Flowmotion is a breakthrough technique, the newest, greatest way of teaching a sport, fitness routine, dance, or any kind of physical activity! Unless you've got a private teacher standing right with you, it just doesn't get any better than these revolutionary guides. Picture this: strobe-like, wide-format photographs -- created by a cutting-edge digital technology -- that fluidly capture entire movement sequences with key stages highlighted. It's as if you were watching a video. Underneath the pictures, captions provide even more directions. There's nothing else like it anywhere! Play like an NBA pro by practicing these essential basketball moves.