H.O.R.S.E.
One day at the basketball court, two kids, a familiar challenge--H.O.R.S.E.? But this isn't your grandmother's game of hoops. Not when a layup from the other side of the court, standing on one foot, with your eyes closed is just the warm-up.
Around the neighborhood, around the world, off Saturn's rings . . . the pair goes back and forth. The game is as much about skill as it is about imagination.
A slam dunk from award-winning author and illustrator Christopher Myers, H.O.R.S.E. is a celebration of the sport of basketball, the art of trash-talking, and the idea that what's possible is bounded only by what you can dream.
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For these flights of imagination, Christopher has received many awards and honors, including a Caldecott Honor, three Coretta Scott King Honors, three "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honors, and a "New York Times" Best Illustrated award.
When he isn t working, Christopher plays touch football with a bunch of other artists in Brooklyn, New York."
"This wonderfully inventive, mordant duel of words offers both an advanced discussion of a particular sport (basketball) and flights of big-talking fancy....An excellent readaloud for kids who scorn fluffy-bunny books and want to play like the big kids." --starred, Publishers Weekly
-- (9/24/2012 12:00:00 AM)"Christopher Myers uses intricate photo-collages to depict city landscapes while his characters come alive with brushstroke and bold color. Engaging readers young and old in the high-interest topic of sports while imparting ideals of self-confidence and resourceful creativity, this book is a fresh conversation that warrants a listen." --starred, Library Media Connection
-- (1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)"This book will encourage all readers to grab a close friend and get out to play a game, matching their athleticism to their imaginations." --School Library Journal
-- (1/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)"This crowd-pleasing picture book will appeal to young children who will enjoy the whimsy, and to older readers who will appreciate the escalating wordplay in the boys' challenges to each other." --The Horn Book Magazine
-- (1/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)"The freewheeling format and broadly popular topic makes this eminently saleable as either a readalone or readaloud." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
-- (11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)"An exciting bragging-rights adventure on the basketball court, around and beyond planet Earth and back again." --Kirkus Reviews
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