The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

By Linda Bailey

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550748815
• ISBN13: 9781550748819
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.1" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My 2nd grader's bedtime favorite

I found this book to be thoughtfully written and illustrated. It tells the story of a girl who tries hard, practices diligently and dreams big to be an champion figure skater. But when her class puts on the show of Snow White on ice, she is cast as a tree. The illustrations do a beautiful job of capturing her bitter disappointment. In the end she makes the best of the situation and has a victory in overcoming her sadness and making her part as a tree be fun and unexpected. I appreciate that the lesson of the tale is to make the best of an imperfect situation. I find that the books, like this one, that realistically portray my daughters' real life difficulties realistically are their first reading choices at bedtime.