Hoop Genius
How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-7613-6617-1 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the true story of how Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at a school in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Lerner Publishing Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 9 years, Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Product notice
Picture book
Reinforced binding
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7613-6617-1 (9780761366171)
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Additional editions
E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Lerner Publishing Group
€11.99
Available for download
E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
Carolrhoda
€68.99
Available for download
Persons
John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, If We Were Gone, and Where We Come From. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, and the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children's Literature. John lives by the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.