ice skating

Discusses basic and advanced ice skating skills, equipment, and three styles of skating: competetive figure, power, and speed skating.

Illustrations and text describe different aspects of figure skating, and show what it is like to dream of performing a perfect routine.

Discusses the past and future of women's figure skating and presents biographies of eight of the sport's most famous skaters: Oksana Baiul, Surya Bonaly, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, Chen Lu, Katerina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi.

A magical snowman teaches an unhappy girl about friendship and skating.

Introduces the history, famous performers, anecdotes, and trivia of the sport of ice skating, and features a day in the life of womens' singles skater Tara Lipinski.

Reviews the 1997 World Championship women's figure skating competition in which U.S. skater Tara Lipinski claimed first place and Michelle Kwan won second, provides brief biographical information about the two young women, and discusses their push toward the goal of the 1998 Olympics.

Outlines an eleven-step program for becoming an accomplished skater, providing fifty drills that include performance goals and listings of key points, and featuring over 300 detailed drawings that illustrate proper form and technique.

A collection of terms about figure skating and statistics about past competitions.

Ekaterina Gordeeva tells the love story of her relationship with her skating partner and husband Sergei Grinkov who died suddenly at the age of twenty-eight of a heart attack during a routine practice session.

Profiles twenty-three figure skaters from World and Olympic Championships. Illustrated with color photographs.