Skiing Has Its Ups and Downs (Sports Illustrated Kids Victory School Superstars)

I teach third grade and although this book is written at a second grade level my students loved it. It's a quick read, but high interest with solid vocabulary throughout. Try the other books in the series if you have children who don't like reading.

My 6 year old grandson, who loves to ski, enjoyed the story.

Ok

Don't bother with this story if you actually have a little skier or are planning to teach your child to ski. The story is okay in so far as it encourages a child to stick with something they try and practice. But so far as the skiing information goes, this book was obviously churned out by someone who has never learned to ski and has no clue what goes on in downhill skiing, or even cross country for that matter! For example, it continually talks about using poles for children who have only been skiing 3 days by the end of the book; pushing off and pointing the skis straight down the mountain ( no, that's not how it's done), and referring to cross country as the easy way out! Even my first grader recognized this.