Skateboards : the cool stories and facts behind every trick / by Paige Towler ; illustrated by Dan Sipple.
Title:
Skateboards : the cool stories and facts behind every trick / by Paige Towler ; illustrated by Dan Sipple.
ISBN:
9781454945024
9781454945154
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Union Square Kids, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
191 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Get ready to skate -- Section One. How It All Started. Surfs up! -- From sea to sidewalk -- Ready to roll -- Section Two. How It Got Off the Ground. Hitting the streets -- Skate culture -- The competition heats up -- Section Three. How It Took Over the World. Exploding onto the scene -- Skating in pop culture -- Changing the rules -- Section Four. Skating into the Future. Redefining skateboarding -- (Header) Timeline -- Time to innovate! -- Glossary -- Index -- Image credits.
Summary:
"A fact-filled nonfiction book all about the history, science, and culture of skateboarding." -- Provided by publisher.
"Did you know that skateboarding used to be called sidewalk surfing and the sport can trace its roots back centuries? Or that today there are more than 3,000 skate parks in the US alone? Get ready to soar through the story of skateboarding from the science behind the decks to the history of the cool tricks skateboarders continue to create . . . and everything in between!" -- Publisher.
Added Author:
Interest age level:
Ages 8-12 years Union Square Kids.
Audience:
1040L Lexile
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Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
on1394015896
Availability:
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