**2022 Texas Library Association's Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
Pick
Tootie Nienow and Erika Medina's There Goes Patti McGee! is an
uplifting picture book biography of the first-ever professional female
skateboarder and winner of the 1964 National Skateboard Championship for
Women.**
Brought to life by Erika Medina's dynamic and joyful illustrations,
There Goes Patti McGee! walks us through Patti first place win in the
women's division of the 1964 National Skateboard Championship. She wowed
the judges with what would become her signature move--the rolling
handstand. Inspiring and unapologetic, Patti McGee proves that anyone
can skate.