Great Moments in the Summer Olympics

Great Moments in the Summer Olympics
Authors
Matt Christopher
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Tags
juvenile nonfiction , sports & recreation - olypmics
ISBN
9780316202718
Date
2012-05-22
Size
0.75 MB
Lang
en
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The Summer Olympics are chock full of epic athletic achievements across hundreds of disciplines, especially Track and Field, Gymnastics, and Swimming. These are the sports that gave us Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olga Korbut and Mary Lou Retton — tremendous athletes whose Olympic accomplishments thrill us now just as much as they did when they occurred. Now readers can relive those moments in this fact-filled volume just right for young sports enthusiasts. And because it's Matt Christopher, young readers know they're getting the best sports writing on the shelf!