Summer Olympics Books 2008

Summer Reading 2008

Summer Olympics Books and Websites

This is a list of suggested summer reading books for the summer Olympics. They are listed according to grade level.

K-3
Elympics by X.J. Kennedy
Olympics! By B.G. Hennessy
U.S. Olympic Committee Kid’s Base Camp {www.usoc.org/kids/Athens/site/ Visit “Summer Games” to find cartoon videos, coloring pages, and games.

1-3
Sports Stories You’ll have a Ball With by various authors

1-4
Let the Games Begin! By Maya Ajmera and Michael J. Regan
Spider Storch, Rotten Runner by Gina Willner-Pardo

2-4
Going for Gold! By Andrew Donkin
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo

2-5
Sports Science by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone

3-4
Ancient Greece and the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

3-5
Olympic Dream by Matt Christopher

3-6
Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
BBC Ancient Greece {www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/olympia/index}

4-6
The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics by David Fischer
Jesse Owens by Tom Streissguth
Olympism: A Basic Guide to the History, Ideals, and Sports of the Olympic Movement by the U.S. Olympic Committee
Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide to the World’s Greatest Sports Celebration by Clive Gifford
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics by Sue Macy
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games {www.museumupenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shml}