John Coy

Around the World John Coy

Publisher Marketing: A fantastic journey around the world is about to begin. Starting in downtown New York and traveling to Australia, China, Turkey, Serbia, Nigeria, France, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, and back to New York again, kids play their hearts out in a grueling, winner-take-all, pick-up basketball game. Full court passes in a gym in Shanghai are effortlessly picked off in Istanbul with a turn of the page. Thwack! Readers will challenge themselves to keep pace with these young players while taking in the sights of the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks that frame the action in each city. John Coy, author of the award-winning Strong to the Hoop, draws once more from his bottomless knowledge of basketball to bring readers the grit, sweat, and realistic "hoop-speak" that passes between players who know and love the game. Packed full of comic book style action and locales from all over the globe. Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 27 (EAN 9781584302445, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/2005 pg. 1182 (EAN 9781584302445, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2006 pg. 94 (EAN 9781584302445, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 25 (EAN 9781584302445, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Coy, John John Coy has written several books for children, including "Top of the Order" and "Love of the Game". He spends much of his time as a writer-in-residence at elementary schools. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Contributor Bio:  Reonegro, Antonio ANTONIO REONEGRO is co-owner of Havoc Media Design, an art and design company. Reonegro graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and also studied at the Passalacqua School of Art and Design in Florida. For their work in Around The World, Reonegro and Lynch used a variety of sources and techniques, including film storyboarding, collage, painting, comic books, and on-location sketches. Reonegro lives with his wife and their two children in Staten Island, New York. Contributor Bio:  Lynch, Tom Lynch, in addition to being a successful painter, he is a natural teacher who is especially intuitive in developing his students' individual needs.