Author Jane Lawes is a British children’s author, who has created a whole new series – Gym Stars – of gymnastics books for young gymnasts, which should prove popular reading. Each gymnastics book is its own adventure in the life of a young gymnast.
Read the Flair Gymnastics’ interview with Jane Lawes, the author of the Gym Stars gymnastics book series, to get background and insight.
Summertime & Somersaults
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Tara is a young gymnast, who loves doing handstands, cartwheels and tumbling at home in her back yard and like so many others, spends almost all of her spare time practicing. But since there are so many more difficult skills to learn, that require the right equipment and coaching, Tara begs her mother to let her join the Silverdale Gymnastics Club for the summer. The gym has pits, spring floors and all of the latest state of the art gymnastics equipment. To her delight, Tara is put on the tumbling team her very first week and is on her way to a fun and exciting gymnastics summer.
Summertime & Somersaults is Jane’s first novel and the first in the Gym Stars gymnastics book series.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Usborne Books (May 1, 2012)
Language: English
Handsprings and Homework
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A new children’s book series about the exciting, energetic and inspirational world of gymnastics! In this book, Gym-crazy Tara is on the Silverdale Gymnastics club and that she’s qualified to the National Gymnastics Championships in Tumbling. But Tara has a problem because she would rather spend her time tumbling than studying English, math and history. So she is falling behind on her homework and her teachers have already noticed her schoolwork failing. Gymnasts will love this new series filled with fun, friendship and gymnastics.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Usborne Books (May 1, 2012)
Language: English
Friendships & Backflips
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Tara has always loved tumbling and gymnastics and being on the Silverdale Gymnastics Team. But with school starting, balancing friends, schoolwork and her gymnastics practice is difficult. Tara has to decide between going to her best friend’s birthday party sleepover and gymnastics practice. With big meets coming up, Tara has to find her own balance in her life and decide what is really important to her.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Usborne Books (May 1, 2012)
Language: English
About the Author
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