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The Olympics Encyclopedia for Kids.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDougall, Chrös.
- Series:
- Sports Encyclopedias for Kids
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympics--Records--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Olympics.
- Olympic athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Olympic athletes.
- Olympics--History--Juvenile literature.
- Professional sports--Juvenile literature.
- Professional sports.
- Olympic athletes--United States.
- Olympics--Records--History--United States.
- Olympics--Records.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Junior literature.
- History.
- encyclopedias.
- Encyclopedias.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : ABDO Publishing Company, 2021.
- Summary:
- This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
- Contents:
- The history of the Olympics
- Summer sports
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoe
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Tae Kwon Do
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Weight lifting
- Wrestling
- Additional sports
- Winter sports
- Alpine skiing
- Biathlon
- Bobsled
- Curling
- Figure skating
- Freestyle skiing
- Ice hockey
- Luge
- Nordic skiing
- Skeleton
- Ski cross and snowboardcross
- Ski and snowboard: park and pipe
- Snowboard racing
- Speed skating
- Paralympic games
- Past Olympic sports
- Olympic milestones.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781098217884
- 1098217888
- OCLC:
- 1306057138
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