Olympics & Paralympics
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Gymnastics (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
$5.99 Add to cartLearn all about the exciting acrobatic sport of gymnastics in this new Level 2 Reader from National Geographic Kids.
From somersaults and backflips on the floor to aerial moves, mounts, and dismounts- Series: National Geographic Kids Readers
- Author: Flynn, Sarah Wassner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1426338120
- Language: English
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More Than Medals
$19.99 Add to cartAre sports good for kids? Does participation in athletics improve a person’s life? Yes, according to Betsy Mitchell, a collegiate athletic director and two-time Olympian, medalist, world champion, rec
- Author: Mitchell, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 30 2024
- ISBN10: 9798988189176
- Language: English
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Simone Biles
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring life of Simone Biles, the record-breaking gymnast and mental-health advocate.
Growing up in foster care, Sim- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #103
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0711285799
- Language: English
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
$28.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky.
Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races- Author: Ledecky, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1668060205
- Language: English
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I’m That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams
$27.99 Add to cartWith a Foreword by Simone Biles
The sensational two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles’s heartfelt, inspiring memoir chronicling her unlikely path to the podium–including the unprecedented challenges, the jo
- Author: Chiles, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0063443406
- Language: English
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Games People Played: A Global History of Sport
$29.00 Read moreNow in paperback, this first global history of sports offers all spectators and participants a reason to cheer–and to think.
Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sports.- Author: Vamplew, Wray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147751
- Language: English
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky.
Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races- Author: Ledecky, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1668060213
- Language: English
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The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
$19.00 Add to cart“Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport.”
“A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE.”
*Walter Clemons
Newsweek
*David Guy
Chicago Tribun- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 07 1996
- ISBN10: 0449910032
- Language: English
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Gymnastica Fantastica!
$18.99 Add to cartAn exuberant picture book that encourages kids to bend, stretch, tumble, and flip!
“Quick! Come and see! Somthing fabulous, it’s…me!” Meet Gymnastica, a small person with big energy, as they bend an- Author: Stewart, Briony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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Amazing Facts: Olympics & Paralympics
$6.99 Read morePack your brain with athletic fun and trivia ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games!
Discover over 100 extraordinary facts about the one of world’s biggest international sporting events!
Mee
- Series: Amazing Facts Every Kid Needs to Know
- Author: Rowlands, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0008660662
- Language: English
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Red Rose Crew: A True Story Of Women, Winning, And The Water
$26.83 Add to cartA heroic story of women rowers who fought the tide of sexual prejudice to gain international glory.
- Author: Boyne, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1592287581
- Language: English
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Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar
$18.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be a hero-in sports and in life?
Heroes aren’t just the ones who bring home medals. Hero Redefined delves into the lesser-known stories of Olympic athletes-and a couple of special
- Author: Levy, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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My Weird School Fast Facts: Sports
$5.99 Add to cartThink fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School!
Did you know that the only sport that’s been played on the moon is golf? Did you know that an NFL quarterback once threw a touchdown pass to himsel
- Series: My Weird School Fast Facts
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0062306170
- Language: English
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Always an Athlete
$24.95 Add to cartAlways an Athlete is a comprehensive study of the ways in which athletes climb what author Jenn? Blackburn terms “The Mountain”–the journey from youth sports, through high school and college sports, … [more below]
- Author: Blackburn, Jenne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1621908593
- Language: English
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The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final
$19.99 Read moreThe 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men’s 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the
- Series: Wisden Sports Writing
- Author: Moore, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2013
- ISBN10: 1408158760
- Language: English
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Olympic Goats: The Greatest Athletes of All Time
$31.32 Read moreHow do you pick Olympic GOATs? Is it gymnast Simone Biles or swimmer Michael Phelps? Or maybe it’s the entire 1992 basketball team. With so many sports, how do you choose? It comes down to stats, hist… [more below]
- Series: Sports Illustrated Kids: Goats
- Author: Berglund, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1663976376
- Language: English
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Duke Kahanamoku: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Read moreGet to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.”
Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Oly- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Calkhoven, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1481497006
- Language: English
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How Do You Become an Olympian?: A Book about the Olympics and Olympic Athletes
$12.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered how athletes become Olympians? Canadian Olympic runner and author Madeleine Kelly explains the history of the Games, how athletes train for their event, and so much more! Each t
- Series: How Do?
- Author: Kelly, Madeleine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1486729819
- Language: English
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The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man’s Fight to Capture Olympic Gold
$22.00 Read moreThe feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that “bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an o… [more below]
- Author: Loynd, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 059335706X
- Language: English
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Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany
$12.99 Read more*”Rivaling the nonfiction works of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown’s The Boys in the Boat….Even readers who don’t appreciate sports will find this story a page-turner.” —School Library Connec… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0525514651
- Language: English
