Illustrator: Stephen T. Johnson
Comments:
In this free verse jam about basketball, the illustrations express just as much of the action as the stanzas. The pick-up game is transformed into a body of water, a fox, a hawk, and a thicket through Burleigh's figurative language. Even middle-schoolers studying poetry would enjoy this picture book.
Copyright: Laurel Leaf, 1983
Age level: Young Adult
Format: Picture Book
Genre: Poetry and Verse
Multicultural/International: Urban, African American
Awards: An ALA Notable Children's Book, A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, A New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Location: Peabody Library
Rating: * * *
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