Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball
by John Coy and Joe Morse
In 1891, James Naismith became the third teacher to take on a gym class full of unruly,... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Sports
Year Published 2013
Word Count 667
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 156779
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
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- Picture Books for Older Children & Teens
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