One of our lucky duck librarians is heading to New Orleans to attend the Final Four and National Championship games. That lucky duck is me. Rock Chalk Jayhawk! To say I have March Madness is a bit of an understatement. Basically, I've got basketball on the brain, and there is no cure in sight. Instead, I'm feeding the frenzy by devouring basketball books and movies. If you have a kid or teen with a mild to severe case of March Madness, I recommended dosing them with some of the following titles:

PICTURE BOOKS
The Basket Ball by Esme Raji Codell
Dino-Basketball by Lisa Wheeler
Hooray Jose by Michael Garland

FIRST CHAPTER BOOKS
Brittany the Basketball Fairy by Daisy Meadows
Cam Jansen and the Basketball Mystery by David A. Adler
Double Team by Michael Teitelbaum (Backyard Sports)
Free Throw / Full Court Dreams / Off the Bench / On Guard by Jake Maddox

JUVENILE FICTION
Airball: My Life in Briefs by L.D. Harkrader
Basketball (or Something Like It) by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Mason Dixon: Basketball Disasters by Claudia Mills
Slam Dunk! by Sharon Robinson
Summer Ball / Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Toby Wheeler, Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Helding

TEEN FICTION
Boost by Kathy Mackel
The Final Four by Paul Volponi
Game by Walter Dean Myers
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
Slam Dunk graphic novel series by Takehiko Inoue

NONFICTION BOOKS
Just look for the Dewey Decimal number 796.323.

DVD
Air Bud (or the special edition)
Like Mike (or Like Mike 2: Streetball)
The Mighty Macs (based on a true story about women's college basketball)
Slam Dunk Ernest (pure silliness)
Space Jam (featuring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes)