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Age Range
3 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2021-02-23
Page Count
48
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Grade Level
1st - 2nd
ISBN
9780374313999
Lexile
610
Themes
adventure

There Goes Patti McGee

Written by Mary Margaret Nienow

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.

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Age Range
3 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2021-02-23
Page Count
48
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Grade Level
1st - 2nd
ISBN
9780374313999
Lexile
610
Themes
adventure
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