Allie’s Basketball Dream

Author: Barbara E. Barber
Illustrator: Darryl Ligasan
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Age Range: 6 to 9

Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Paper Put Women’s Hoops on the Map

Author: Sue Macy
Illustrator: Matt Collins
Publisher: Holiday House
Age Range: 6 to 10

Bravo, Tavo!

Author: Brian Meunier
Illustrator: Perky Edgarton
Publisher: Dutton
Age Range: 5 to 8

Dino-Basketball (Dino-Sports)

Author: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator: Barry Gott
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Age Range: 5 to 8

Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold

Author: Deloris Jordan
Illustrator: Barry Root
Publisher: Paul Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster
Age Range: 4 to 8

EllRay Jakes Stands Tall (EllRay Jakes)

Author: Sally Warner
Illustrator: Brian Biggs
Publisher: Puffin Books
Age Range: 6 to 8

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball

Author: John Coy
Illustrator: Joe Morse
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Age Range: 7 to 11

Hoops

Author: Robert Burleigh
Illustrator: Stephen T. Johnson
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Age Range: 6 to 10

Jimmy’s Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk

Author: Trinka Hakes Noble
Illustrator: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Dial Books
Age Range: 5 to 8

Jump! From the Life of Michael Jordan

Author: Floyd Cooper
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Publisher: Philomel Books
Age Range: 6 to 9

Larry Bird: The Boy from the French Lick

Author: Francine Poppo Rich
Illustrator: Robert Casilla
Publisher: Blue Marlin Publications
Age Range: 6 to 9

Little Shaq (Little Shaq)

Author: Shaquille O’Neal
Illustrator: Theodore Taylor III
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s
Age Range: 5 to 7

Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big

Author: Chris Paul
Illustrator: Fran Morrison
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Age Range: 4 to 8

My Basketball Book

Author: Gail Gibbons
Illustrator: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: HarperCollins
Age Range: 4 to 8

Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream

Author: Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Age Range: 4 to 8

The Boy Who Became King: LeBron James (The Children’s Book)

Author: Anthony Curcio
Illustrator: Anthony Curcio
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Age Range: 5 to 8

The Boy Who Never Gave Up: Stephen Curry (The Children’s Book)

Author: Anthony Curcio
Illustrator: Anthony Curcio
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Age Range: 5 to 8

The Basket Ball

Author: Esme Raji Codell
Illustrator: Jennifer Plecas
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Age Range: 4 to 8