Books about the Olympic Games for kids
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Babar's Celesteville Games by Laurent de Brunhoff 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. Catalog Link |
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Gymnastics (Olympic Sports) by Clive Gifford 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. Catalog Link |
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Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman 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. Catalog Link |
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G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press Sports & Hobbies) by Brad Herzog SPORTS J796.48 HER Showcases Olympic events that have not only set world records, but also impacted history and world views. Catalog Link |
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High-Tech Olympics (The Olympics) by Nick Hunter 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. Catalog Link |
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The 2012 London Olympics (The Olympics) by Nick Hunter SPORTS J796.48 HUN Countdown to the 2012 London Olympics. Catalog Link |
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The World's Greatest Olympians (The Olympics) by Michael Hurley SPORTS J796.48 HUR Get a look at great Olympians through history of the modern Olympics. Catalog Link |
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Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold by Deloris Jordan 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. Catalog Link |
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My Pops Is Tops! (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo) by Nancy E. Krulik 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. Catalog Link |
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Tumble Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky 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.” Catalog Link |
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Tacky and the Winter Games (Tacky the Penguin) by Helen Lester 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. Catalog Link |
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Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics by Sue Macy 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. Catalog Link |
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Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina 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. Catalog Link |
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Samantha the Swimming Fairy (Rainbow Magic: The Sports Fairies, No. 5) by Daisy Meadows 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. Catalog Link |
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Gus & Gertie and The Lucky Charms by Diane deGroat,Joan Lowery Nixon JE NIXON Penguins Gus and Gertie take part in the Animals’ Winter Olympics. Catalog Link |