This high-energy book takes a thorough look at the dynamic science behind skateboards, snowboards, scooters, and inline skates. Keltie Thomas, author of the How Sports Work series, gives active young minds a complete rundown of four of today's most popular extreme sports. She uses lively language and illustrations to demystify the science behind these sports. Readers discover how the pros appear to defy gravity in radical aerial stunts, how to maintain their equipment, how to have fun safely, and more. With color photos throughout, the book also includes stories about the history, invention, and culture of these sports, plus a glossary of technical terms.
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Gr. 4-8. From the Popular Mechanics for Kids Books series, this entertaining, information-packed volume introduces scooters, in-line skates, skateboards, and snowboards. Thomas combines sound advice for beginners with glimpses of the "X-treme scene," showcasing the amazing feats performed by the pros and other experienced riders. Though these sports are male dominated, the book acknowledges girls by spotlighting two women pros; it also includes women in the photos and illustrates moves with cartoon figures that could be male or female. Thomas' tone varies from punchy informality in discussing the sports' origins, history, high points, and techniques to down-to-earth practicality in explaining equipment, maintenance, and safety. Frequent sidebars offer highlights of the sports and definitions of terms and slang. Throughout the book, colorful photographs show action scenes, while very clear pictures, evidently digital, illustrate the gear and some of the moves used in the sports. A glossary is appended. Carolyn Phelan
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Packed with fun facts and anecdotes throughout, cartoons, photographs and easy to follow diagrams, young readers will find information easy to find and enjoyably accessible. (BC Parent )
Thomas’ tone varies from punchy informality in discussing the sports’ origins, history, high points, and techniques to down-to-earth practicality in explaining equipment, maintenance, and safety...Throughout the book, colorful photographs show action scenes, while very clear pictures, evidently digital, illustrate the gear and some of the moves used in the sports. (Booklist )
Thomas succeeds in striking a balance between fun and responsibility. (Canadian Children's Book News )
Beware! This book will fly off your shelves and into the hands of extreme sports fans. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials )
Thomas’ tone varies from punchy informality in discussing the sports’ origins, history, high points, and techniques to down-to-earth practicality in explaining equipment, maintenance, and safety...Throughout the book, colorful photographs show action scenes, while very clear pictures, evidently digital, illustrate the gear and some of the moves used in the sports. (Booklist )
Thomas succeeds in striking a balance between fun and responsibility. (Canadian Children's Book News )
Beware! This book will fly off your shelves and into the hands of extreme sports fans. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials )
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They glide, they slide, and they all give you a totally gnarly ride. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
skate tool, ramp trick, rear wheel guard, mountain board, grip tape, inline skates Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Check It Out, Tony Hawk, Carolyn Kunkel New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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