Hoops to Hippos!: True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari, Boris Diaw
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Hoops to Hippos!: True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari

Author: Boris Diaw, Kitson Jazynka

Narrator: Rachel Music

Unabridged: 0 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/23/2020

Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Animals

Synopsis

NBA star Boris Diaw of the San Antonio Spurs takes young readers on safari as he explores his off-court passion: wildlife photography! Join Diaw as he escapes from stampeding wildebeests, comes face-to-face with lions, and discovers why you should never come between a hippo and its watery home. Through engaging stories and photos by Diaw, readers will discover a whole new side to this basketball champ. National Geographic Kids Chapter books pick up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off, offering young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, exciting, full-color true stories-just right to carry in backpacks, share with friends, and read under the covers at night.

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