Skateboarding Pals

by Elliott Smith, Amanda Erb (Illustrator)

Overview

Greta wants to become a great skateboarder, but when she falls at the local skate park and is teased by a boy there, she puts her board away. Then she meets her new neighbor, Pilar, who loves skateboarding and has a homemade ramp. The new friends team up to prove that girls can skateboard just as well as boys.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663909541
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Series:	Kids' Sports Stories
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Elliott Smith is a freelance writer, editor and author. He has covered a wide variety of subjects, including sports, entertainment and travel, for newspapers, magazines and web sites. He has written a nonfiction book about the Washington Nationals and a children's book about Bryce Harper. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two children.

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