Swing! author-Winsome Bingham & Wiley Blevins Sophie Diao

Sophie Diao

This piece served as the frontispiece for the book

She invites him to see moonlight glittering in the forest

turning her brothers into cranes

and the house where all those memories happened is far away

Swing! author-Winsome Bingham & Wiley Blevins Sophie DiaoA young girl learns how to manage her emotions and channel her tennis hero, Arthur Ashe, in the new book by Geisel Award winning creator James Yang. A young girl loves to play tennis with her father. And dreams of being like her hero, Arthur Ashe. But sometimes her brain feels like it's bouncing, just like a tennis ball. And it's hard not to lose her temper. Dad reminds her that being a tennis star is about how you act both on and off the court.