Bobby Kaplan has been coaching
elementary, middle, and high school students
for over forty years. His teams have played and
won numerous championships before Knicks
games at Madison Square Garden a...view moreBobby Kaplan has been coaching
elementary, middle, and high school students
for over forty years. His teams have played and
won numerous championships before Knicks
games at Madison Square Garden and before
Nets games at the Izod Center. He also owned
and directed a basketball academy summer
camp in New York State and abroad.
Coach K has recently published his second book,
HOOPSTERS , which is up for three national
childrens book awards. HOOPSTERS: Episode 1
Dont be a Bul ly (hoopstersbooks.com) is the
first in a planned series of books to help kids deal with
contemporary situations.
HOOPSTERS utilizes cartoon-like characters within a
sports venue to convey its message. The central theme is to
promote sound values for children while providing helpful
coping skills when dealing with lifes everyday challenges
and conflicts. The vivid, adorable animated Hoops and his
friends communicate to the reader in simple easy-to-read,
script-like style text.
Dont be a Bul ly informs, defines, and offers
solutions to a most serious problem facing todays society
and, especially our youth. The background is sports but the
issue is universal.view less