Kate Skates

by Jane O'Connor, DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (Illustrator)

Kate has new skates. Now she can do spins and tricks like the skaters on TV. Or can she?

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 1995

About the author

Since the publication of Fancy Nancy, Jane O'Connor's closet now boasts so many boas, tiaras, and sparkly ensembles that sometimes friends do not recognize her on the street. She still resides (that's a fancy word for lives) in New York City with her family and their canine companion, Arrow. --from the publisher's website

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Student review:
What did you think?
It was good.
What was your favorite part?
When Kate skated with Diana Lin. She was happy. Also, I liked when Diana helped Kate.

[❤Marie Gentilcore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to the kids tonight for story time. It was a nice story about a girl who gets new single blade ice skates for her birthday. The kids weren't too impressed but I thought it had a good message about trying until you get better.

[Rose]

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[Larissa Langsather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not anything really special just a girl who wants to learn to skate like a famous ice skater. She is not very good at first and gets made fun of, but in the end it all works out.

[Kelly Shiverdecker]

Published: 1995

This Realistic Fiction book is about a girl named Kate who got a pair of ice skates for her birthday and then tries to help her little sister, but she then fails; at the end, a famous skater helps Kate to learn to skate better in her new skates.