It's Hard to Dribble with Your Feet

by Val Priebe, Jorge Santillan (Illustrator)

Overview

Carmen is a star dribbler for the Victory basketball team. She never loses control of the ball. But when she decides to try out for soccer, she learns that handling a soccer ball doesn't come nearly as easy. After Carmen hears some other girls talking about her, she feels awful. She just didn't realize that it's hard to dribble with your feet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434227829
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids Victory School Superstars Series
Pages:	56
Sales rank:	394,253
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Val Priebe lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with four dogs, a cat named Cowboy, and a guy named Nick. Besides writing books, she loves to spend her time reading, knitting, cooking, and coaching basketball. Other books that Val has written in this series include Full Court Dreams and Stolen Bases.

Jorge Santillan got his start illustrating in the children’s sections of local newspapers. He opened his own illustration studio in 2005. His creative team specializes in books, comics, and children magazines. Jorge lives in Mendoza, Argentina, with his wife, Bety, and their four dogs, Fito, Caro, Angie, and Sammy.

Table of Contents

A new sport — Asking dad — My first day — Not good enough? — Hard work — Our first game.