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Children's and Teen: 6 - 8 years old


Cover art for AROUND THE WORLD
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2005
by John Coy, illustrated by Antonio Reonegro, Tom Lynch

"Opening and closing with Tanika and Jamal shooting "Around the World" on a playground in New York (instructions for play appended), Coy and the illustrators give the speed, the physicality and especially the international scope of the game a real slam dunk. (endpaper map) (Picture book. 6-9)"
In the hottest and most cosmic hoops contest since Kevin O'Malley's Mount Olympus Basketball (2003), Coy shifts the court between shots from New York to Perth, to Shanghai, then Istanbul and on around the world. Read full book review >