{"product_id":"h-o-r-s-e-1","title":"H.O.R.S.E.","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne day at the basketball court, two kids, a familiar challenge--H.O.R.S.E.? But this isn't your grandmother's game of hoops. Not when a layup from the other side of the court, standing on one foot, with your eyes closed is just the warm-up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Around the neighborhood, around the world, off Saturn's rings . . . the pair goes back and forth. The game is as much about skill as it is about imagination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A slam dunk from award-winning author and illustrator Christopher Myers, \u003cem\u003eH.O.R.S.E.\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of the sport of basketball, the art of trash-talking, and the idea that what's possible is bounded only by what you can dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the ballplayers in this book, Christopher Myers defies gravity every chance he can get. Their imagination took them into outer space; his has taken him from Harlem during its Renaissance in \"Harlem: A Poem,\" written by Walter Dean Myers, to vibrant city streets in \"Black Cat,\" from the bounds of Earth with \"Wing\" and \"Fly!\" and into a fiercely fought basketball game in \"Jabberwocky,\" by Lewis Carroll. \u003cbr\u003eFor these flights of imagination, Christopher has received many awards and honors, including a Caldecott Honor, three Coretta Scott King Honors, three \"Boston Globe-Horn Book\" Honors, and a \"New York Times\" Best Illustrated award. \u003cbr\u003eWhen he isn t working, Christopher plays touch football with a bunch of other artists in Brooklyn, New York.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carolrhoda Books (R)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527948636434,"sku":"9781606842188","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b03c0b66-c1b7-4fda-82a8-704cf50226f8.jpg?v=1731318714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/h-o-r-s-e-1","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}