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Swish!

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This book shows determination to win. Both teams play very hard. The author uses a lot of action words to keep the reader's attention. The art work and the printing also give the reader a sense of excitment. This is a book that teaches you not to give up if you're down.

With a color illustration on each page the book appeals to younger children, but the words are about right for 6 - 8 year olds. The book captures the excitement of a close game. The players are girls, but who cares! My 7 year old read it by himself and loved it. We are going to buy a copy to donate to his class. It is the best basketball book for this age range we have found so far.

We had purchased this book for our daughter a few years ago...Daddy is a basketball coach, so, needless to say, basketball is our life! Our daughter loved this book and it has been read aloud many times - a great book to read together. By now, the whole family knows the story by heart!

When our son was born, we got the book out to read to him & he immediately loved it, as well. But, Sissy was worried about her favorite book being destroyed by her little brother - so we had to purchase another copy :) Our son is only 17 months, but this is one of his favorite stories.

Incidentally, I believe the story was co-authored by Bill Martin who worked with Eric Carle on classics such as "Polar Bear, Polar Bear." The illiustrations are great - now if they could just release it in a board book format so it will hold up to my little one...

Definitely recommended for any basketball fan!