karate

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to karate.

Photographs and text on fold-out pages introduce young readers to the basics of karate and follow students on their first day of class.

Zach is small for a sixth-grader and the girls at school make fun of him, but when one girl in his class starts showing him some Tae kwon do moves and teaching him about martial arts, things begin to change.

Julie Pierce is angry at everyone so, when Mr. Miyagi offers to teach her karate, she thinks she will be able to teach everyone a lesson...including the Alpha Elite. Mr. Miyagi tells her she must look for a way not to fight and to respect herself first.

When Daniel returns to California after winning the All-Valley Championship in karate, he finds his old enemies are waiting to fight him.

Daniel is the new kid in town who runs into trouble when he starts dating the ex-girlfriend of a karate gang leader. Wanting to fight back, he asks his handyman Miyagi, who is a karate master, to teach him how to defend himself.

Kylie Kangaroo is taking lessons at Koora Koala's karate club, and uses a lucky kerchief to learn to break a brick.

Explains what the sport of karate is and shows what happens in a typical karate class.

Describes some of the principles that are the basis of karate and offers suggestions on ways to avoid fighting.