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Basketball's Greatest Players (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sydelle Kramer
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $3.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 287336
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.2
ISBN: 0679881123
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3230922
EAN: 9780679881124
ASIN: 0679881123
Publication Date: November 11, 1997
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Condition: Good clean solid book with mild to moderate wear, mostly to outside, clean text inside
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Product Description
Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.
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 Poor Role Models September 25, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is a shame the author chose to glorify several instances of violence and rude behavior in this book. He writes fawningly about how Kareem Abdul-Jabar, "slugged a player - and knocked the man unconscious." The book describes how Larry Bird smashed chairs against the wall and "screamed insults" at halftime in order to get his teammates "fired up". It also admiringly describes how he, "...trash-talked, even to older stars".If you want a book that teaches your child to admire these sorts of behaviors (and others described in the same manner), this is the book for you. I think most parents, however, will find this book as inappropriate and shocking as I did. It's too bad the author couldn't have stuck to writing about basketball. Random House should be ashamed of themselves to market this as an educational book (STEP into Reading).
 basketball's greatest March 31, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
well this was a really informative books for the kids if they are interested in basketball...it also has the kids favorite players which include superstar Michael Jordan...this book was more of a kids fun then an educational book...but very informative for kids
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