Sofia's First Safe Skateboard Ride

About This Book

A blue skateboard waits in the shop window — white stars, wheels that glow like little suns — and Sofia can almost hear it saying, Let's go. Then Mr. Calderón shakes his head on the walk home. "That's dangerous," he says, and the word keeps thumping. At home, Sofia tells Mom about the board, and Mom sets down the towels, opens the hallway closet, and lifts the lid off a long dusty box: helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards. It turns out Mom used to skateboard, and she kept all her gear. "New things can feel big," she says. "Let's get ready the smart way." A warm, reassuring story about worry, preparation, and beginning.