Duke Kahanamoku / by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis.
Material type:
TextSeries: Calkhoven, Laurie. You should meet ; | Ready-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017Edition: Simon Spotlight editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1481497014
- 9781481497015
- 9781481497008
- 1481497006
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Reader | Kahanamo D. C155 | Available | 33111008609907 | |||||
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Main Library | Children's Reader | New | KAHANAMO D. C155 | Available | 33111011268287 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Reader | Kahanamo D. C155 | Available | 33111008766681 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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!
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.