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Charles R. Smith Jr.

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Charles R. Smith Jr. is an award-winning author, photographer, and poet with more than thirty books to his credit. His awards include a Coretta Scott King Award for illustration for his photographs accompanying the Langston Hughes poem "My People" and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his biography of Muhammad Ali, Twelve Rounds to Glory. He is the author of Rimshots, Hoop Kings, Hoop Queens, Tall Tales, Short Takes, Diamond Life, and I Am America. A father of three himself, Charles brings his love of basketball and baseball right down to the toddler set in Let's Play Basketball! and Let's Play Baseball! His recent work celebrates subjects he's been interested in since he was a kid, such as The Mighty 12, which honors Greek gods and goddesses. ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 5,463 ratings · 1,160 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles R. Smith Jr., Shane W. Evans (Illustrations) 4.31 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brick by Brick by Charles R. Smith Jr., Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr., Bryan Collier (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bessie the Motorcycle Queen by Charles R. Smith Jr., Charlot Kristensen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 208 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson by Charles R. Smith Jr., Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am America 3.91 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance with Me by Charles R. Smith Jr., Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator) 3.55 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am the World 3.68 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mighty 12: Superheroes of Greek Myth by Charles R. Smith Jr., P. Craig Russell (Illustrations) 3.53 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Charles R. Smith Jr.

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3.83 avg rating — 218 ratings

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3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings

Quotes by Charles R. Smith Jr. (?)

“He laughed. "That's funny, 'I don't have any fire.' Everybody's got fire, kiddo. It's just a matter of finding the match that sparks it.”
― Charles R. Smith Jr., Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases

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