The photographs and text in this non-fiction picture book combine to give an account of a child getting ready to go out skateboarding. The book presents a glimpse of what makes this exhilarating activity so popular.

• Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.

• Text type - Non-fiction recount.

• The photographs are repeated in a pictorial summary of the book on pages 14 and 15 so children can retell the event in their own words.

• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery