Loosely based on NBA all-star Bob Lanier's childhood adventures, this series shoots and scores with early chapter books that teach valuable life lessons through amusing stories.
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Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas. He can't stand the carols and the pageants. He can't stand the lights and the mistletoe. But what he hates the most is having to watch the old movie A Christmas Carol every year at school.
Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force.
