Hoops by Robert Burleigh and Stephen T. Johnson, ill. San Diego: Silver Whistle, 1997.

            ISBN: 0152014500

            Annotation: this is a poem about basketball. It portrays the feelings and movements of the game

            Media: Pastels on ingress paper

            Rating: 5Q/4P

              Literary device:rhythm

            Subject: English, Basketball. Grade: 5-6

  Armando Rivera 7-29-09

Burleigh, R. (1997). Hoops. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson.  New York: Harcourt.

ISBN-13: 978-0-15-216380-8

In language that is pure poetry and energy rolled into one, the look, the feel, the sound, the motion and emotion of basketball emanate from a pickup game on a city court.

Pair with Thayer’s Casey at the Bat illustrated by Joe Morse.

Curricular connection:  Modern poetry

Artwork: Vivid pastel drawings

Subject: Basketball

Theme: Basketball is an art form, poetry in motion.

Category: Non-fiction; Poetry 811

Age Level Recommendation: Upper Elementary (and up)

Rating: 5Q/5P

AAS 5-3-08