Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game - Kadir Nelson

nKadir Nelson is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; the New York Times bestselling We Are the Ship, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor as well as the Sibert Award Medal; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was an NAACP Image Award winner, Caldecott Honor Book, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner. His work has appeared in many publications, including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker. Nelson's original paintings are in the permanent collections of the United States House of Representatives, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Kadir lives in Southern California and invites you to visit him online at kadirnelson.com. n