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Duke Kahanamoku

by Laurie Calkhoven
Stevie Lewis
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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!
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Series: You Should Meet Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 16, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781481497022
  • File size: 6 KB
  • Release date: May 16, 2017
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Language Arts Sports & Recreations

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5
Lexile® Measure:860
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:3-5

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!
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Language Arts Sports & Recreations