Roller Skates!

by Stephanie Calmenson, True Kelley (Illustrator)

When the town shoe store has a big sale on roller skates, everyone from Joe the mailman to Pete the pizza boy ends up on wheels

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Stephanie Calmenson's many popular titles include concept books, funny school stories, poetry collections, books about dogs and, with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole, anthologies and beginning reader chapter books.

Stephanie's books have been called "marvelous" (PW), "lyrical" (SLJ), "hilarious" (SLJ), "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist).

Before turning to writing, Stephanie was a teacher, a children's book editor, and Editorial Director of Parents Magazine's Read-Aloud Book Club.

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Reviews

[Ashley Moser]

Cute leveled reader where everyone in the town gets roller skates.

[Kristina]

I thought that this was a good book. definitely a good books for beginner readers. I would recommend this book to others.

[Anna Marie]

Some very exciting and unusual uses of roller skates, very entertaining.

[Children's Literature Project]

DRA:16-18

After delivery trucks mistankely drop off fifty-two extra boxes of roller skates at the city store, Sam whoa was the store owner, promotes a sale to get rig of the roller skates. People came from everywhere in town just to buy roler skates. All inhabitants of the town roler skate the whole day during their regular routines and the city became a lively and fun place for its roller skating citizens.

[Amy]

Too many roller skates are delivered, so everyone in town gets around on roller skates.