Great Moments In Basketball History
By (Author) Matt Christopher
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown Young Readers
21st January 2010
21st January 2010
United States
Children
Non Fiction
796.323
Paperback
144
Width 127mm, Height 189mm, Spine 9mm
108g
The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favourite memory, just as they have their favourite team and their favourite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting tension of the minutes leading up to the play, as well as information about the superstar players that made them and the teams that they played for.
Packed with facts and action, this is a book young basketball fans will reach for again and again - and because it comes from Matt Christopher, young readers know they're getting the best sports writing on the shelf.Matt Christopher is the best-selling name behind more than one hundred sports-themed books for young readers