Don’t
like to read? This book, and others in the NBA Champions series, have
become some of the more heavily-relied upon go-to books. Go-to, that
is, for students who tell me the first time I meet them in Belmont’s
library that they “hate to read and don’t want to see nothing.” If, in
response to my questioning about other interests, they mention
basketball, I can usually solicit the name of their favorite team, go to
our sports section, and return, handily, with a title from this series.
Silent perusal of the book is most often what I observe next. What’s
inside? Twenty-four full-color pages with historical pictures and one
or two sentences per page. The captions for the photos are short and
accessible. This book is perfect for the emergent reader who is a
Knicks fan and struggling in an independent reading situation. The
text, while unthrilling, does a serviceable job of engaging the reader’s
attention in a few facts about the Knicks. Did you know they formed in
1946? Or what “Knicks” is short for? I didn’t either--until now. A
table of contents, an index and glossary make this a suitable pick for
reading specialists introducing non-fiction. --Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Frisch, Aaron. NBA Champions: The New York Knicks. Mankato: Creative Paperbacks, 2012.
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