Product Description

"A fun-filled, informative look at four of the most popular sports for young people." --Quill & Quire Keltie Thomas, author of the Silver Birch Award nominee How Hockey Works, reveals the radical science behind skateboards, snowboards, scooters and inline skates. She shows kids how skaters and boarders defy gravity and how to be safe and have fun on these extreme machines. Blades, Boards & Scooters was first published in 2003 and quickly sold out. Ages 8-12.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #470438 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .16" h x 8.58" w x 11.04" l, .57 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

From Booklist
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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Review
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 )

About the Author
Keltie Thomas (Toronto) is a former editor of Owl magazine, an award-winning children's science writer and author of the bestselling How Sports Works series. Steve Atoe lives in Calgary, Alberta, and Allan Moon lives in Milton, Ontario.