Aim High, Little Giant, Aim High!

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Aim High, Little Giant, Aim High!

is a story about Tana, a nine-year-old basketball novice growing up in Brooklyn during a pandemic who learns valuable life lessons from family, friends, and the community, both on and off the court.

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"A totally original, lush, vivid and vibrant educational kaleidoscope wherethrough a basketball lens we find community and the loving embrace of lifelong personal growth. This is what 21st Century learning looks like. Required reading for young minds of any age."David Hollander, author of How Basketball Can Save the World

The images leap, and the story teaches us how to nurture and respect the best parts of our inner child. What a beautiful and necessary tribute to this generation of mighty little leaders rising up in todays ever-changing times.aja monet, poet and author of My Mother was a Freedom Fighter

A unique reframing of basketball delivered through New York Citys diversity, geometry and spirituality.Max Resetar, editor of SLAM MAGAZINE

Aim High! honors the history of social justice and includes illustrations that capture the beauty of Afro-Latin history, while creating a visually appealing and accessible narrative for kids and families from all walk sof life.Marley Dias, founder of #1000blackgirlbooks and author of Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

A brilliant, beautiful and spiritual basketball revelation disguised as a childrensbook.Scoop Jackson, author of The Game Is Not A Game

Author Bio

Bobbito Garca is an NYC native who has put an indelible footprint on multiple urban movements. The critically acclaimed author of Whered You Get Those NYCs Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 (Testify Books) is also a world-renowned DJ who co-hosts Stretch and Bobbito Radio on Apple Music Hits. As an award-winning filmmaker, Garca has directed Doin It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball,NYC (PBS), Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (SHOWTIME), andNY Times Critics Pick Rock Rubber 45s.

Estefana Rivera Corts is an artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico who self-expresses through performance art, visual narration, painting, and printmaking, with a compassion for social causes. Corts empathetic illustrative works have been featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Education Center, and the Puerto Rico Review magazine.