Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735265325
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00

Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates

Buy from…
The Nile Mighty Ape BookHub Whitcoulls The Warehouse Paper Plus Fishpond
Find local retailers

Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr.

Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr.

Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he's dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces.

Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become inseparable, and he can't imagine life without them . . . until the brand-new skates come into his life. How can he leave his hand-me-down skates behind?

Log Driver's Waltz illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings this classic story to life with timeless, gorgeous art, and Kara Kootsra's words evoke the joy and dedication that Bobby Orr brought to his favorite sport. A perfect gift for readers and fans big and small, this book is destined to be a classic that is reached for time and time again.
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735265325
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00
Categories:
Share…

Praise for Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates

PRAISE FOR Jennifer Phelan:
". . . Retro yet fresh . . . Like a new old friend, it's sure to be a book worth revisiting." --NY Times

"Phelan's smartly designed spreads take readers on a visual journey from cover to end pages, and as the adult boy tells his old friend once more about the adventures they will have, his dreams unfold like the wind. Luminous." --Kirkus Reviews

". . . each illustration looks subtly well loved, like it has been folded up and carried around in a pocket all day. The colour palette is snug and homey, with rusty oranges, black-ish greens, and tinges of pink when love starts to bloom. Most images bring to mind a crisp fall day during magic hour . . . Phelan steps lightly, but decisively, in interpreting The Log Driver's Waltz, preserving the song's inherent birl without overshadowing the agency and decision-making power of a girl." --Quill & Quire

"A quintessentially Canadian picture book. . . . Gloriously illustrated by Toronto's Jennifer Phelan. For all ages." --The Montreal Gazette