Monday, October 7, 2024

How it Happened: Skateboards – the cool stories and facts behind every trick by Paige Towler - ADVISABLE

How it Happened: Skateboards – the cool stories and facts behind every trick by Paige Towler. Union Square, 2024. $19. 9781454945024

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL

Towler takes us in a fact-filled, but simple, look at the history of skateboarding – from the early days of surfing (2000 BCE) onto the present day.  Towler even-handedly looks at early innovators – both male and female – and works hard to give credit to the right people in each instance. I love that Patti McGee, the skateboard handstander, is even included!  With four books in the series, this set is ripe for a mini display of its own.

Cindy, MS Library Teacher



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