BOOK 5 MY FIRST PAIR OF SKATES We've seen the twins, Blake and Kate, learn the basics, step-by-step, with the help of SKATE WOMAN. Now it's time for them to unwrap their birthday presents-- two brand-new pairs of skates! Now that the kids know what to do on wheels, it's time for them to learn just how those wheels work. This is the fifth volume in the MY FIRST SKATE BOOK series, a collection of books designed to open a whole new world of fun and rewarding activity for the entire family. Colorful comic book style art and creative and clever rhymes reminiscent of Dr. Seuss make skating easy and fun for everyone. If you're an absolute beginner, an experienced skater, or anything in between, you'll love Jenny Jen's MY FIRST SKATE BOOK Series, and you'll see skating in a whole new way! In MY FIRST PAIR OF SKATES, Blake has a new pair of inlines, while Kate puts on a fresh, flashy pair of quads. Kate is reluctant to lend her skates to her brother, remembering the time he took apart her scooter. But Blake's mechanical curiosity is satisfied by a detailed chart that comes with the skates, showing and explaining all the parts. Learn along with the twins as they discover how their skates work, how to maintain them, and how to enjoy them safely. Skating is everywhere-- in movies, on television, and in rinks and skate centers in every community. Skating pros appear in TV shows, commercials, music videos, musicals, cartoons, movies, and the news. Jenny Jen aka SKATE WOMAN, has skated her way across magazines, newspapers, television, and radio-- including Discovery's The Learning Channel, Comcast SportsNet, and a variety of shows on FOX, NBC, ABC and CBS. Basketball legend Dr. J (aka Julius Erving) and actor John Cusack are among her celebrity students. She also worked with 5-time Olympic Gold Medal speed skating champion Bonnie Blair. Determined to make skating easy and fun for everyone, she started rhyming like Dr. Seuss and reasoning like Sir Isaac Newton. She raps her rhymes on skates to demonstrate. To share her instructional rhymes with the world, she formed a band, Jenny Jen and Taki76 (formerly Phat Sk8trax). They landed a top ten single of the year in the Village Voice with their debut track, "Boogie Back Rap." Jenny Jen was featured in XXL Magazine, the world's biggest hip hop magazine. Develop a basic understanding of skating and related vocabulary. Have fun while improving coordination, establishing healthy physical fitness and exercise habits, and so much more. The MY FIRST SKATE BOOK series is one that parents and children will share and enjoy for years to come. The bright, dynamic artwork captures the imagination, and the clever, tongue-twisting rhymes helps improve language skills, both written and spoken. Kids just learning to read, and more advanced readers who want to improve their skills, will love all the books in the My First Skate Book Series.