Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1880000725 ISBN-13:   9781880000724 Publisher:   Lee & Low Books Category:   Beginning Readers, Sports Pub. Date:   September 1998 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Cloth Ages:   3 to 10 Grades:   PreSchool to 5th
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION GIRLS_FICTION BASKETBALL_FICTION AFRO-AMERICANS_FICTION
Description/Notes
Allie loves watching basketball, and can hardly wait to get on a court herself. But once there, she is dismayed by how hard it really is, and she has to deal with the boys who say basketball is not for girls. So Allie practises, and proves them wrong. Illustrated by Darryl Ligasan,Basketball is Allie's favourite sport but when,she's constantly told it's a boy's game her,confidence falters but then rebounds in this,encouraging tale which offers a spirited tribute,to perseverance. Illustrated in full colour,throughout. Age 5 and above. Allie's always been hooked on basketball, but the boys she knows won't play with her. On the verge of giving up, Allie has one last go at it--and she makes the basket. Inspired by her persistence, her friends all want to join in. Full color.