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The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

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Linda Bailey

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Alan Daniel

Lea Daniel

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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World written by Linda Bailey illustrated by Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2542

Paperback USD $5.95 978-1-55074-881-9 Hardcover Jacket USD $15.95 978-1-55074-879-6 Grades: K to 3 Ages: 5 to 8 Character Education self-respect perseverance Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell M Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 20 © 2001 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	All Lizzy wants is to be the best figure skater in the whole wide world. When she begins taking lessons, Lizzy discovers that ice-skating is a lot harder than it looks. Even so, she is determined to learn. And when her teacher announces that the class will be performing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the winter carnival, Lizzy knows she can skate the lead. But Lizzy's dreams are shattered when she is cast as a lowly tree. She valiantly perseveres, and on the day of the show, Lizzy spontaneously leads the other "trees" in a performance no one will ever forget! Young readers will love this spunky heroine who overcomes her setbacks with imagination and humor and discovers her own special way to shine. Reviews “Bailey deftly portrays the ambition, desire, disappointment, and creative solution to a common setback. Lizzy’s character is visually drawn through expressive, muted gouache illustrations, highlighting her various emotional reactions. In addition, classmates are depicted as a multi-ethnic group with varied skating abilities.” — School Library Journal, November 2001 “... this story is a useful and an engaging example of overcoming disappointment. All children can relate to the experience of not being chosen for a part they feel they should have. Use this colorful celebration of spunk to spark up a story hour.” — Library Talk, April 2002

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World written by Linda Bailey illustrated by Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2542

Paperback USD $5.95 978-1-55074-881-9 Hardcover Jacket USD $15.95 978-1-55074-879-6 Grades: K to 3 Ages: 5 to 8 Character Education self-respect perseverance Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell M Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 20 © 2001 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	All Lizzy wants is to be the best figure skater in the whole wide world. When she begins taking lessons, Lizzy discovers that ice-skating is a lot harder than it looks. Even so, she is determined to learn. And when her teacher announces that the class will be performing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the winter carnival, Lizzy knows she can skate the lead. But Lizzy's dreams are shattered when she is cast as a lowly tree. She valiantly perseveres, and on the day of the show, Lizzy spontaneously leads the other "trees" in a performance no one will ever forget! Young readers will love this spunky heroine who overcomes her setbacks with imagination and humor and discovers her own special way to shine. Reviews “Bailey deftly portrays the ambition, desire, disappointment, and creative solution to a common setback. Lizzy’s character is visually drawn through expressive, muted gouache illustrations, highlighting her various emotional reactions. In addition, classmates are depicted as a multi-ethnic group with varied skating abilities.” — School Library Journal, November 2001 “... this story is a useful and an engaging example of overcoming disappointment. All children can relate to the experience of not being chosen for a part they feel they should have. Use this colorful celebration of spunk to spark up a story hour.” — Library Talk, April 2002

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World written by Linda Bailey illustrated by Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=2542

Paperback USD $5.95 978-1-55074-881-9 Hardcover Jacket USD $15.95 978-1-55074-879-6 Grades: K to 3 Ages: 5 to 8 Character Education self-respect perseverance Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell M Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 20 © 2001 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	All Lizzy wants is to be the best figure skater in the whole wide world. When she begins taking lessons, Lizzy discovers that ice-skating is a lot harder than it looks. Even so, she is determined to learn. And when her teacher announces that the class will be performing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the winter carnival, Lizzy knows she can skate the lead. But Lizzy's dreams are shattered when she is cast as a lowly tree. She valiantly perseveres, and on the day of the show, Lizzy spontaneously leads the other "trees" in a performance no one will ever forget! Young readers will love this spunky heroine who overcomes her setbacks with imagination and humor and discovers her own special way to shine. Reviews “Bailey deftly portrays the ambition, desire, disappointment, and creative solution to a common setback. Lizzy’s character is visually drawn through expressive, muted gouache illustrations, highlighting her various emotional reactions. In addition, classmates are depicted as a multi-ethnic group with varied skating abilities.” — School Library Journal, November 2001 “... this story is a useful and an engaging example of overcoming disappointment. All children can relate to the experience of not being chosen for a part they feel they should have. Use this colorful celebration of spunk to spark up a story hour.” — Library Talk, April 2002

written by Linda Bailey

illustrated by Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel

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All Lizzy wants is to be the best figure skater in the whole wide world. When she begins taking lessons, Lizzy discovers that ice-skating is a lot harder than it looks. Even so, she is determined to learn. And when her teacher announces that the class will be performing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the winter carnival, Lizzy knows she can skate the lead. But Lizzy's dreams are shattered when she is cast as a lowly tree. She valiantly perseveres, and on the day of the show, Lizzy spontaneously leads the other "trees" in a performance no one will ever forget!

Young readers will love this spunky heroine who overcomes her setbacks with imagination and humor and discovers her own special way to shine.

Curriculum Connections

Character Education
self-respect

perseverance

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

2/3

Reading Recovery

Paperback

978-1-55074-881-9

Reviews

“Bailey deftly portrays the ambition, desire, disappointment, and creative solution to a common setback. Lizzy’s character is visually drawn through expressive, muted gouache illustrations, highlighting her various emotional reactions. In addition, classmates are depicted as a multi-ethnic group with varied skating abilities.”: — School Library Journal, November 2001
“... this story is a useful and an engaging example of overcoming disappointment. All children can relate to the experience of not being chosen for a part they feel they should have. Use this colorful celebration of spunk to spark up a story hour.”: — Library Talk, April 2002