Inventing the Skateboard
From the Series: The Spark of Invention
Reviews
A noteworthy review of The Spark of Invention from Booklist on April 1, 2016
In this entry in the Spark of Invention series, kids will learn that the skateboards of today are the product of many people’s efforts over time. Beginning with the crude boards of the 1920s, consisting of little more than a plank with roller skate wheels, the text moves forward to View →
A noteworthy review of The Spark of Invention from School Library Journal on April 1, 2016
These highlights in the history of modern technology offer light doses of names and dates, along with nontechnical descriptions of significant early tweaks or innovations. The volumes take snowboarding from the time it was called ‘snurfing’ through Shaun White’s… View →