Readers will discover how some of their favorite pastimes promote fitness and health in this informative series. Engaging text and full-color, kid-friendly photos show readers how their choice to stay physically active today can prevent health problems in the future. From skateboarding to yoga, readers will learn how each activity strengthens the heart, lungs, and muscles. Readers will become familiar with the basics of each activity, the necessary gear, and safety methods. Other topics include flexibility, balance, warming up and cooling down, stretching, goal setting, nutrition, and rest. A table of contents, fun facts, diagrams, a Q&A page, fitness tips, a glossary with phonetic spellings, and an index are included. This series will inspire readers to move their bodies! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.