There Goes Patti McGee!: The Story of the First Women's National Skateboard Champion
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2022 Texas Library Association's Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List Pick
Tootie Nienow and Erika Medina's There Goes Patti McGee! is an uplifting picture book biography of the first-ever professional female skateboarder and winner of the 1964 National Skateboard Championship for Women.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780374313999
Age: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513698 / There Goes Patti McGee! the Story of the First Women's National Skateboard Champion
Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 85
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2021
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Recommended, Satisfactory
About the Author
Tootie Nienow has been a school librarian for ten years. Before that, she was a teacher, photographer, mother, social worker, and soldier. She loves sharing silly, scary, and suspenseful stories with her students. Although she has ridden a skateboard around her neighborhood, she has never once attempted a handstand. Tootie lives in Southern CA with her husband and dog.
Erika Medina is a Mexican illustrator living, teaching and drawing in Vancouver, BC. Besides nature, folklore and myths, her interests lie in spooky stories and curious characters who wander unfamiliar places. She specializes in picture books and other children's publications.