We’re excited to host the giveaway for Hoops (Matt Tavares)!
Read on to find out more about the author, the book and a giveaway!
About the Author: Matt Tavares
Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of the New York Times best-selling picture book Dasher, as well as Red and Lulu and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, and Over the River and Through the Wood, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Maine.
About the Book: Hoops
A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports.
It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls’ basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys’ team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart.
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Title: Hoops
Author: Matt Tavares
Illustrator: Matt Tavares
Release Date: 3/14/23
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN-10: 1536231959
ISBN-13: 9781536231953
Genre: Graphic Novel
Age Range: 8 to 12 years
*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*
Two (2) winners will receive a signed paperback copy of Hoops (Matt Tavares) ~US/CAN Only!
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I NEED this in my school library!
My daughter would love this!
Great cover and synopsis – I think my niece would really like this!
Looking forward to reading this! Sports graphic novels are always a huge hit with readers at my school.
Such a cute cover and an important story, and my daughter loves graphic novels!
I love the fun cover and this sounds amazing!
This seems like a fun read