Duke Kahanamoku

Format:

Book

Title:

Duke Kahanamoku

Other title(s):

You should meet Duke Kahanamoku

Author:

Calkhoven, Laurie author

ISBN:

9781481497015

Edition:

Simon Spotlight Edition.

Publication:

New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017.

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series title(s):

Ready-to-read.

You should meet.

General Note:

At head of title: You should meet.

Contents:

Introduction -- Growing up on the beach -- Olympic dreams -- The human fish -- Hero -- The Ambassador of Aloha -- But wait ... there's more!

Summary:

Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 5 0.5 189802.

Personal Subject:

Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968-Juvenile literature.

Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968.

Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968 (OCoLC)fst00312124

Subject(s):

Surfers -- Hawaii -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Swimmers -- Hawaii -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Olympic athletes -- Juvenile literature.

Actors -- Juvenile literature.

Swimmers.

Surfers.

Geographic Term:

Hawaii.

Genre:

collective biographies.

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Added Author:

Lewis, Stevie

Added Corporate Author:

Simon Spotlight (Firm)

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Mount Angel Public Library	ER 797.32092 CALKHOVEN	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Library	ER 797.3 CAL Level 3	Searching... Unknown

Get to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people "you should meet."

Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Olympic gold medalist and the father of modern surfing. Duke gained international fame for participating in four Olympics and won five medals in total. Fans began calling Duke "the human fish." Wherever he went, Duke would demonstrate his surfing skills and in 1915, Duke introduced board surfing to Australia. Ten years later, he found another use for a surfboard--as a lifesaving device--using it to save eight people from a capsized boat in California!

A special section at the back of the book includes extras like how to speak Hawaiian and a brief history of Hawaii and its culture. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so fascinating!

Author Notes

Laurie Calkhoven is the author of many books, including George Washington: An American Life and Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom . She lives in New York City. Visit her at LaurieCalkhoven.com.

Stevie Lewis grew up in Southern California and works in the animation industry as a visual development artist. She studied computer animation at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, rock climbing, baking cookies, browsing thrift shops, and drinking delicious coffee! She lives in San Francisco with her two little dogs.

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Horn Book Review

Calkhoven introduces "the father of surfing" in this easy-reader biography. She focuses on Kahanamoku's unique swimming and surfing abilities, and his success in four Olympics in the early 1900s. The appealing design features a large font and Lewis's engaging cartoonlike illustrations. The book concludes with a mini Hawaiian glossary and short history and culture sections. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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