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Author
Series
Flora books (Molly Idle) volume 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this wordless, lift-the-flap picture book, Flora and her new friend, the penguin, dance on the ice together and learn to treat each other with respect and kindness.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books/an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Poppy is a little pig that dreams of being a star, and even though her first attempts all fail, the support and love of her family and friends encourage her to keep trying and working hard to find something that she loves doing, and is good at.
8) Snowden
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A magical snowman teaches an unhappy girl about friendship and skating.
10) Kate skates
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
When Kate gets new, big kids' ice skates and gives her old ones to her little sister, she is surprised that the new ones are much harder to use.
11) Sophie skates
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
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.
17) On thin ice
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In two stories, a magic wind changes Katie Carew into Olympic skating star Kerry Gaffigan, and then into Kerry's boyfriend, a famous snowboarder who is in town to film a commercial.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
When her friend Nellie, the servant girl from next door, does not show up for ice skating as usual, Samantha is afraid that Nellie will not come to her party because she cannot afford to bring presents. Includes a section on ice skating in the early 1900s.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Lola goes ice skating with her friend Morten, she absolutely must have her own skates, but her brother Charlie reminds her of all the other things sitting in the closet that she "absolutely" had to have.