5-Minute Basketball Stories

Author(s): Sarah Howden; Nick Craine (Illustrator)

Sports

Go courtside with the biggest stars and greatest games

5-Minute Basketball Stories is an action-packed collection of twelve tales about today's superstars, NBA legends, and the best basketball games of all time. From incredible game-winning dunks, to jaw-dropping world records, to edge-of-your-seat comebacks--each story is perfect for reading aloud in five minutes.

Ideal for young fans and future stars, 5-Minute Basketball Stories includes:

- Steph Curry overcoming doubts to score 17 points in five minutes of overtime

- Kevin Durant setting a Guinness World Record in India along with over 3,000 kids

- LeBron James clinching the NBA Championship for the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time ever

- Steve Nash surprising opponents with his fast "seven seconds or less" playing style that changed basketball

- James Naismith using two peach baskets and a couple ladders to invent the world's fastest-growing sport

- Michael Jordan making his legendary "Last Shot" in a must-win game for the Chicago Bulls

- Candace Parker picking up basketball at age 13 to become the best WNBA player of all time

- The US Dream Team of the world's best basketball players learning from a shocking loss to win Olympic Gold in 1992

Plus Yao Ming, Andrew Wiggins and Shaquille O'Neal and more...


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781443457163
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : Collins
  • : 0.931679
  • : 06 November 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sarah Howden; Nick Craine (Illustrator)
  • : Sarah Howden; Nick Craine (Illustrator)
  • : 172
  • : 172
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback