Bibliograph

Duke Kahanamoku, by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis

Type

Label

Duke Kahanamoku, by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Duke Kahanamoku

Responsibility statement

by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis

Series statement

You should meetReady-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 5.0, 0.5, 189802

Summary

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!--, provided by publisher

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor