Tallulah's Ice Skates by Marilyn Singer

Book Review:  Tallulah's Ice Skates by Marilyn Singer

Tallulah's Ice Skates is a story of perseverance, friendship, skill and the willingness to learn. Tallulah is a girl who loves her ballet class but wants to try her skills on ice. Her mother takes Tallulah and her brother to meet her friend Kacie at the frozen pond for some ice skating. Once she has conquered some easy moves on the ice Tallulah wants to try something more advanced. Her friend is not ready to try the advanced moves so she skates with Tallulah's little brother. When another, older skater gives Tallulah some suggestions on how to improve her skating she feels that she is already a great skater but falls during a difficult move. She is discouraged but then her friend Kacie intervenes and indicates that are going to just have fun with skating. 

Straight Talk for School Librarians: The encouragement Tallulah receives from the older skater and her friend are great examples of helpful, friendly relationships. The moms are also helpful, caring and fun in the story. Tallulah's perseverance to be a better skater shows her confidence and strength but, at the same time, she is also willing to try harder to relax and have fun. There is a lot of positive encouragement in the story and great examples of good relationships.

The illustrations by Alexandra Boiger are perfect. 

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Clarion Books @HMHCo @HMHKids

Grade Levels: Pre-K - 3

Reviewed by Judy Hauser @JudyHauser

Author website: http://marilynsinger.net/
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