A Day for Skating

A Day for Skating
ISBN: 9780763696863
Publication Date: 5 November 2019

In a sweet rhyming tale, a young childs first skating adventure on a frozen pond ends with a cozy bedtime story.

Tap and step,
then slide and turn.
Whoops! Fall down.
Thats how we learn.

On a brisk winters day, the frozen pond is crisscrossed by figure skaters, hockey players, new skaters, and old pros, all gliding across the ice. Its time to bundle up, lace your skates, and give it a try then head inside for cocoa and snacks when your cheeks grow rosy and your toes are cold. Back at home, warm bedtime rituals make for the end of a perfect day. But when darkness falls at the pond, who will come out to skate

Book Features:

• Sarah Sullivan returns to the picture book format with a rhyming text highlighting a start-to-finish day of fun skating on a pond.
• Madeline Valentine's charming art gives new readers plenty of details to pick out as they watch the hockey players, figure skaters, and curious woodland animals creeping into the scene.
• The book ends with a cozy bedtime scene and a glowing nighttime glimpse of critters enjoying the pond.

About the Author

Sarah Sullivan is the author of the picture books Dear Baby: Letters from Your Big Brother , illustrated by Paul Meisel, and Passing the Music Down , illustrated by Barry Root, as well as the novel All That's Missing . Sarah Sullivan has an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.

About the Illustrator

Madeline Valentine is the author-illustrator of I Want That Nut and the illustrator of Little Red Henry by Linda Urban. She lives in Queens, New York, with her son and husband.