There Goes Patti McGee!: The Story of the First Women's National Skateboard Champion

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.

Brought to life by Erika Medina's dynamic and joyful illustrations, There Goes Patti McGee! walks us through Patti first place win in the women's division of the 1964 National Skateboard Championship. She wowed the judges with what would become her signature move--the rolling handstand. Inspiring and unapologetic, Patti McGee proves that anyone can skate.

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.