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Friends--
If you'd like
to beef up your skateboarding collection, below are a few books and videos I
recommend. Enjoy!
Suzan Nyfeler
Youth Service
Specialist
Central Texas Library System
(and mom to Roy,
8-year-old skateboarding fanatic)
SKATEBOARDING
FICTION
Can
You Teach Me To Pick My Nose? by Martyn Godfrey. Ages
9-12
(BTW--Picking your
nose is an old skateboard trick)
Cosmo
Zooms by Arthur Howard. Ages 4-8
Grind by Eric
Walters. YA
The Haunted Skateboard by Susan Saunders. Ages
4-8
The
Magic Skateboard by Enid Richemont. Grades
3-4
Rhinos Who Skateboard by Julie
Mammano. Grades K-4
Paranoid
Park by Blake Nelson. YA
(BTW--Couldn't find a
review for this soon-to-be published book so don't know much about
it)
Skateboard Mom by Barbara Odanaka. Grades
1-4
Skateboard Monsters by Daniel Kirk. Ages
3-8
Skateboard Renegade : Is Image Everything? by Matt
Christopher. Grades 3-7
Skateboard Tough by Matt Christopher. Grades
2-4
(BTW--Matt Christopher has lots of other
skateboarding fiction)
Skeleton on the Skateboard by Nola Thacker. Ages
4-8
Skeleton on the
Skateboard #2/El Esqueleto del
Skate by
Tom Stone. Ages 4-8
Stranger in the Mirror by Allen Say. Ages
5-9
SKATEBOARD HOW
TO/HISTORY
Boards: The Art and Design of
the Skateboard by Jacob Hoye
(Editor). YA to adult
DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys by
Glen Friedman. YA to adult
Extreme Skateboarding by John
Crossingham. Ages 4-8
Skateboarder's
Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Skateboarding by Doug Werner.
Grades 4-8
Skateboards by Morgan
Hughes. Ages 4-8
Skateboards: Designs and Equipment by
B.A. Hoena. Grades 3-7
Skateboarding in Action/Patinetas En Accion
by John Crossingham. Ages 4-8
Tony
Hawk: Professional Skateboarder by Tony Hawk. Grades
3-6
The
Mutt : How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself by Rodney
Mullen. YA
SKATEBOARDING DVD (OK, a really
short list)
Zero to Hero
Skateboarding - The Basics, Vol. 1
Tony Hawk's
Secret Skatepark Tour
