Hoop Queens

Both photographs and verse highlight athleticism, not prettiness. . . . the celebration of raw female power makes this . . . a worthwhile addition to collections of sports poetry.
—Kirkus Reviews

Smith has earned the title of Hoops Poet Laureate and he knows his b-ball, giving praise to a wide variety of skills and styles; his verses often have a throbbing rhythm that suggests rap as well as the pounding of players’ feet on wooden floors, and he’s often clever with internal rhymes and echoes that intricately structure the lines.
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Pure pleasure for basketball fans and inspiration for kids who doubted poetry was alive, this book, like Swoopes, is ‘all that.’
—School Library Journal

As fast and flashy as a great WNBA game.
—Chicago Tribune