SWISH! Books for Basketball Fans #CYBILS2024

No matter what level you play, basketball season is underway. And these books? Well, they're a slam dunk for fans of the game and those who are fascinated by the history of the sport.

*There are superstars kids know ... and stats they don't.

* Meet trailblazers in the women's and men's games, whose stories are told vividly in picture book and graphic novel formats.

* And Journeys of self-discovery, family, and forgiveness where basketball is the backdrop and just part of the story.

Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop

Elementary/Middle-Grade Fiction nominee
Reading Age: 10 to 14

A Second Chance on Earth by Juan Vidal

Poetry Novel in Verse nominee
Reading Age: 14 to 17

Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka by Cheryl Kim, Nat Iwata (Illustrator)

Elementary Nonfiction nominee
Reading Age: 6 to 12

Wat Kept Playing by Emily Inouye Huey, Kaye Kang (Illustrator)

Elementary Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 3 to 8

We are Big Time by Hena Khan, Safiya Zerrougui (Illustrator)

Elementary/Middle-Grade Graphic Novel nominee
Reading Age: 8 to 12

Who Got Game?: Basketball: Amazing but True Stories! by Derrick Barnes, Jez Tuya (Illustrator)

Middle-Grade Nonfiction nominee
Reading Age: 8 to 12

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