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Sophie Skates
The author of Lili Backstage uses a story about a young girl who loves to ice skate to introduce the sport--the parts and care of skates, the techniques of different skating moves, and ice skating competitions. Reprint.
40 pages, Paperback
First published September 13, 1999
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Rachel Isadora
92 books81 followersRachel Isadora is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. She has written children's books on multiple topics including ballet, life in America and Africa, and has illustrated several Brother Grimm tales in an African setting. She is most well-known for her Caldecott Honor Award book "Ben's Trumpet". She was a ballet dancer before she became an illustrator and children's writer.
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November 14, 2010
Even though the story part of this book is slight, I found it charming and very enjoyable. Sophie started skating when she was three. She is now eight and wants to be a professional figure skater.
The reader is told about the dedication necessary for Sophie to work toward her goal. Included are her 5 times a week group morning skating classes, her 1 times a week private skating class, and her 2 times a week group ballet classes.
For aspiring figure skaters, included is a lot of education about the details of skating and a bit about ballet too. The various positions and moves and how to do them are described.
The illustrations are probably what I loved most about this book. So many children, mostly girls but a few boys too, of many ethnic backgrounds, all shown skating and dancing. Beautiful colors, interesting postures. I would have spent a lot of time pouring over these pictures when I was young. They remind me of the old paper doll cut out books.
The dog at the end is cute too.
The reader is told about the dedication necessary for Sophie to work toward her goal. Included are her 5 times a week group morning skating classes, her 1 times a week private skating class, and her 2 times a week group ballet classes.
For aspiring figure skaters, included is a lot of education about the details of skating and a bit about ballet too. The various positions and moves and how to do them are described.
The illustrations are probably what I loved most about this book. So many children, mostly girls but a few boys too, of many ethnic backgrounds, all shown skating and dancing. Beautiful colors, interesting postures. I would have spent a lot of time pouring over these pictures when I was young. They remind me of the old paper doll cut out books.
The dog at the end is cute too.
February 9, 2018
This is a perfect read for our upcoming Olympic unit in 2nd grade! :-) Our essential question is: Is there science in sports? with sub-questions focusing on growth mindset. This story helps to demonstrate both, while focusing in on one sport, figure skating (my favorite). I really loved how the author, Rachel Isadora, combined story elements with nonfiction pieces, focusing on the equipment and learning needed to train for a sport.
November 11, 2019
Definitely a childhood favourite. I read it at least 20 times and absolutely loved it.
December 13, 2021
One time through was enough for me. Couldn’t quite relate to the content.
January 6, 2008
The books I've seen by this author all include children of varying ethnic backgrounds participating in activities (here, ice skating with a little ballet) - the ethnicity of the characters is obvious from the illustrations but is not part of the story line.
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