MY FIRST SKATING BIRTHDAY PARTYNow that the family has learned all the basics, it's time to get down to some serious fun!When the twins, Blake and Kate, decide to have their birthday party at the local skating rink, they invite all their friends, even those who don't know how to skate. The twins point their friends toward SKATE 101, so everybody will be ready when the big day comes!There is fun and food for all at the rink, along with a very special surprise, when SKATE WOMAN shows up to help the twins celebrate their special day-- on wheels!This is the fourth volume in the MY FIRST SKATE BOOK series, a collection of books designed to open a whole new world of fun and rewarding activity for the entire family. Blake and Kate and their buddies hit the rink floor with SKATE WOMAN and her amazing friends, skating to songs like "The Chicken Dance," "The Hokey Pokey," and "The Boogie Back Rap."
Now that the family has learned all the basics, it's time to get down to some serious fun! When the twins, Blake and Kate, decide to have their birthday party at the local skating rink, they invite all their friends, even those who don't know how to skate. The twins point their friends toward SKATE 101, so everybody will be ready when the big day comes! There is fun and food for all at the rink, along with a very special surprise, when SKATE WOMAN shows up to help the twins celebrate their special day-- on wheels! The party goers have a blast! They get to do the chicken dance, the hokey pokey, the train (choo choo), play other games and sing along with the only birthday skate song by Skate Woman. They also get excited when a special superhero pops in to skate and celebrate! This is the fourth volume in the MY FIRST SKATE BOOK series, a collection of books designed to open a whole new world of fun and rewarding activity for the entire family. Blake and Kate and their buddies hit the rink floor with SKATE WOMAN and her amazing friends, skating to songs like "The Chicken Dance," "The Hokey Pokey," and "The Boogie Back Rap." Jenny Jen aka SKATE WOMAN, has skated her way across magazines, newspapers, television, and radio-- including Discovery's The Learning Channel, Comcast SportsNet, and a variety of shows on FOX, NBC, ABC and CBS. Basketball legend Dr. J (aka Julius Erving) and actor John Cusack are among her celebrity students. She also worked with 5-time Olympic Gold Medal speed skating champion Bonnie Blair. Determined to make skating easy and fun for everyone, she started rhyming like Dr. Seuss and reasoning like Sir Isaac Newton. She raps her rhymes on skates to demonstrate. To share her instructional rhymes with the world, she formed a band, Jenny Jen and Taki76 (formerly Phat Sk8trax). They landed a top ten single of the year in the Village Voice with their debut track, "Boogie Back Rap." Jenny Jen was featured in XXL Magazine, the world's biggest hip hop magazine. And now, the world's first and only rapping skate teacher, and skating superhero, is moving into new territory, helping young and old alike navigate the wonderful world of skating with her new series of books. Skating is everywhere-- in movies, on television, and in rinks and skate centers in every community. Skating pros appear in TV shows, commercials, music videos, musicals, cartoons, movies, and the news. Develop a basic understanding of skating and related vocabulary. Have fun while improving coordination, establishing healthy physical fitness and exercise habits, and so much more. The MY FIRST SKATE BOOK series is one that parents and children will share and enjoy for years to come. The bright, dynamic artwork captures the imagination, and the clever, tongue-twisting rhymes helps improve language skills, both written and spoken. Kids just learning to read, and more advanced readers who want to improve their skills, will love all the books in the My First Skate Book Series.
Birthday celebrations are so fun, especially when Paisley and her farm animals are planning a surprise birthday party! The farm is buzzing with activities, decorating, and even a ice skating show! Although a birthday party is the theme, readers will enjoy the whirl of activities and a few surprises that fill the pages of this charming book. Paisley's Skating Adventures - Birthday Celebration, is a fun read, a great gift, and a keepsake, all in one! Paisley's Skating Adventures is a series of children's books for ages 4 - 10, and takes place on a farm in Montana. Paisley's love of figure skating inspires her to teach her farm animals how to skate.
Melisa Mel's continuing adventures volunteering with vulnerable populations are narrated here. Victims and Survivors 2 is as emotionally enlightening about human nature as Victims and Survivors was when she published it last year. Clearly, there is much work to be done in the city streets. This author is willing and prepared to do it. Melisa Mel has spent endless hours reaching out to those who felt trampled, violated, and dehumanized. By using her time and energy, she worked toward her goal of supporting and giving a ray of hope to those she encountered. She plans to continue using her free time volunteering to the highest degree possible on her limited free time. Her stories are recorded here so that we can all get a glimpse of what life is like for many of those in our society. There is much work to be done. Human trafficking and sex trafficking are very real and very present in our society. There is much need for those who are strong and have empathy to go out and advocate for those who are not yet strong enough to do so for themselves. Together, a shift in thinking and a major change can occur.
Author Sharon Ann Hickey doesnt just have a black cloud that follows hershe has the whole storm system. Throughout her life, shes always had funny and unusual things happen to her. In It Could Only Happen to Me, she shares a forty-year collection of true, hilarious situations from her life. She has compiled humorous tales about vacations, children, husbands, dining out, and just normal everyday activities. The stories depict how an ordinary day for anyone else can turn into a funny chain of events for Hickey. A few of the stories include: Being turned down at the animal shelter for adopting a pet Having her shoes catch on fire at a concert Being involved in a showdown with a city bus Getting locked in a room with a goldfish Being mistaken for a lump of cement It Could Only Happen to Me speaks to anyone who has ever had a bad day. It shows that things could always be worse.
A hilarious, heartfelt rom-com about the unexpected consequences of one teen's quest to help her friends find love, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jane Austen. High school junior Gigi Wong strives to be the best. After all, that’s what everyone expects of her—her parents, friends, and even potential colleges. Thankfully, her best friend, Kyle, is always there to listen with a smile and a delicious bowl of ramen. Still, with her future—and her dreams—on the line, how is she to stand out when her classmates seem so perfect too? Her answer comes in the form of an app writing contest. If Gigi can secure the nomination to represent her school, she has a chance at a prestigious tech internship. That’s sure to get her applications noticed . . . All she needs is a winning entry. When transfer student and new friend Etta confides that she’s struggling to fit in, it gives Gigi an idea. What if she takes what she’s learned from shadowing her aunt Rose, a professional matchmaker, to create a fun friend-making app? Perfect! When Gigi's app goes viral at school, she's the center of attention--and a major scandal. She never meant to hurt anyone, let alone Etta and Kyle. Can she save all she worked so hard for and the relationships that mean so much to her?
Becky Williams is the perfect fifth grader. At the beginning of the new school year, Mrs. Flanagan, her teacher, asks her to be a "buddy" for the new "special" boy in class. YUCK- it's a boy, and double YUCK- he's special!. She tries to get out of being Kevin's helper, but the teacher convinces her to give it a try. She really hates helping someone so different and special. Her friends don't like him either and think he is strange. Kevin is clueless and can't even talk so anyone can understand him. The fact that he is fat and has a baby face makes him even weirder. Becky, and her circle of friends, wonder what they have gotten into. What a year! What is wrong with Kevin? What is wrong with Becky and her friends? Was Mrs. Flanagan crazy? Most importantly, how can anyone like Kevin ever fit in and how can he have anything of value to share with his classmates? See how Becky, and her class learn about love, compassion, forgiveness and friendship in this funny, poignant tale designed for anyone, of any age, trying to understand Down syndrome and mainstream inclusion.
A Journey Called Life is Gladys' story from birth to retirement. She discusses the following challenges during her life: her speech defect, loss of her first child, becoming a teacher, her son's involvement with drugs, her Mom's Alzheimer's, and her daughter's brain surgery. Before the death of her first child, she believed God planned and controlled everything in one's life. However, to her God is loving and caring not a punishing God or one to fear. Why would God take her first baby away from her when he was just two weeks old. After much grieving and soul searching, she changed her philosophy to although God is all powerful, he chooses not to use that power to interfere with nature. God might have a plan for your life. However, everything that happens to you is not God's plan or fault for he allows nature to exist as he created the world. In other words, illnesses and health problems are just a part of our world. God created a beautiful world but it is not perfect because God made people human not perfect. However, God is always there to help you through difficult times. Wiley's children invovement with drugs introduced her to Al-Anon. There she learned that worry is optional and one can experience negativity or anger without becoming negative or angry. She discovered that detachment is not caring less but caring more for your own serenity. She found out that no situation is too difficult to be bettered or any problem too great to be lessened. Wiley also writes about her travels to Virgin Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, out West, and Alaska. Journaling has become very important to Wiley. She includes ponder questions at the end of each chapter to challenge her readers to think about the meaning of life, journal about their own lives, and grow as individuals.
A guided tour of one of the Midwest’s most vibrant subcultures, one DIY ramp at a time. The American Midwest may not have a reputation as the nation’s skating mecca, but maybe it should. In Midwest Shreds, Mandy Shunnarah travels around the region for a deep dive into its skating culture, detailing the activity’s long, storied history there and the large and diverse skating community that calls the Midwest home today. Here, you’ll learn how skating has become a form of mutual aid in Iowa, follow hard-core street skaters as they vie to become King of Cleveland, experience the transcendence of skating in a converted St. Louis cathedral, meet the anarchists who’ve built their own skate paradise, cinder block by cinder block, in southern Ohio, and encounter skaters from Des Moines, Madison, Chicago, West Lafayette, Detroit, and other corners of the Midwest. With writing that revels in the crunching scrape of hard wheels, the joy of nailing a trick for the first time, and the grit required to fall and get back up again, Midwest Shreds illuminates a small corner of Midwest life and offers a portrait of the rich cultural history and diversity that makes the region what it is today.
