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A is for Axel

An Ice Skating Alphabet

by Kurt Browning
Melanie Rose
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Four-time World Champion and professional figure skater Kurt Browning replaces his boots and blades with pen and paper in A is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet. From holding an edge to laces and hooks, Kurt glides and dances through the alphabet explaining the history, techniques, and memorable moments of the sport. Spirited illustrator Melanie Rose captures the excitement visually with her colorful, playful illustrations. With the Winter Olympics spinning our way in 2006, this book will have fans young and old dreaming of gold. Author Kurt Browning is known for his fluid movement and confidence on the ice. A four-time world champion, Kurt is the first figure skater to be named as Canada's outstanding male athlete. He presently skates professionally with Stars on Ice and lives in Toronto, Ontario with his wife and son. Illustrator Melanie Rose's charming and lively oil paintings have graced the pages of several Sleeping Bear Press titles including Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet; H is for Homerun: A Baseball Alphabet; and W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet. She makes her home in Mississauga, Canada, with her son Liam and their two cats, Mickey and Meesha.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sports Alphabet

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 2, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781133694090

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781133694090
      • File size: 3788 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      August 1, 2006
      Gr 2-4 -The popular and successful Canadian figure skater gives readers a great deal of information about skating technique and equipment. As an alphabet book, it works reasonably well with the exception of a few weak word choices (e.g., -N is for Needs more practice...And Never give up -&. - and -Y is for You. - There -s a typo for the letter -Q -: -The rink becomes a blur, /your spinning now don -t quit. - The colorful, realistic oil paintings are the book -s best feature. The reading level varies as this is almost two books in one. The rhyming text giving the alphabet is appropriate for K-3 level, while the majority of the text in the sidebars is about a grade three and up reading level in rather small type. Add this to your collection as an -extra - purchase for your skating fans, not as a first choice. Or you may prefer Naia Bray-Moffatt -s "Ice Skating School" (DK, 2004) or Debbi Wilkes -s "The Figure Skating Book" (Firefly, 2000)." -Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI"

      Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2007
      Canadian skating star Browning pairs a pedestrian rhyming text naming different elements of ice skating (e.g., "Q is for a Quad jump / with four turns in the air") with more detailed--and more interesting--factual explanations, printed alongside the illustrations. Graceful paintings (some muddy) capture skaters of all levels, from Olympic athletes to young children on a frozen pond, in motion.

      (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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