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E BRUNHOFF

Babar’s children have all grown up. He and Celeste take them to the Celesteville Games. All the best animal athletes will be there to compete.

SPORTS GYMNAST J796.41 GIF

An introduction to women’s and men’s gymnastics events held at the Summer Olympics, including the floor exercise, vault, balance beam, parallel bars and more.

J GLEITZMAN

Determined to understand why humans hate cane toads and to improve relations between the species, Limpy embarks on a dangerous trek from his swamp to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

SPORTS J796.48 HER

Showcases Olympic events that have not only set world records, but also impacted history and world views.

SPORTS J796.48 HUN

This book focuses on the new technologies used in sports today and how they are being used to train world class athletes.

SPORTS J796.48 HUN

Countdown to the 2012 London Olympics.

SPORTS J796.48 HUR

Get a look at great Olympians through history of the modern Olympics.

E JORDAN

From the age of nine years Michael dreams of playing basketball for the United States in the Olympics, and with hard work and his mother’s encouragement, he realizes his dream.

JE KRULIK

Fourth-grader Katie secretly believes that her grandfather is too old to be her partner in the school Olympics until she trades places with him for a day—thanks to the magic wind.

JE LASKY

Feeling inept in the team sports scheduled for his school’s Gymboree, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the “twirly burly.”

E LESTER

Tacky and his fellow penguins on Team Nice Icy Land train hard for the Winter Games, but Tacky’s antics make their chances of winning a medal seem slim.

J796.4809 MAC

Let the games begin! Sue Macy paints a dramatic and fascinating picture of the Summer Olympics. Photographs tell stories of tragedy, triumph, scandal and action from over a century of the modern Olympics.

BIOGRAPHY J921 COACHMAN

A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.

SF JE MEADOWS

While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost’s goblins steal the Sports Fairies’ magic objects, and Rachel and Kristy must try to get back Samantha’s magic goggles from the goblins.

JE NIXON

Penguins Gus and Gertie take part in the Animals’ Winter Olympics.