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Odanaka, Barbara

Skateboard Mom

32 pp. | Putnam | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23867-0 $$15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi. The narrator receives a skateboard for his eighth birthday, but his mother makes off with it: according to the embarrassed boy's dad, she's reliving her pre-mom days as a skateboarding champ. Odanaka defies our expectations of this mom without ridiculing her, and Adinolfi employs childlike art featuring unusual perspectives and vibrant color combos.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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