Spring 2024

Gymnastics

From the Set Amazing Summer Olympics

Gymnastics events at the Summer Games are amazing to watch! From high-flying apparatus routines to beautifully choreographed moves on the floor, elementary readers will discover the power and strength it takes to win gold in artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnastics. Action photos and straightforward text introduce this sport's Olympic history, equipment, and individual or team modes of play. A biographical story spotlights Suni Lee, a Hmong-American athlete who performed the most difficult uneven bars routine in the world at Tokyo 2020.
Photo captions and on-page definitions support reading comprehension. Includes extra resources and an index.

Format List Price Your Price Qty
$35.70 $24.95
Interest Level Grade 1 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 2
Dewey Number 796.44
Lexile 690L
ATOS Reading Level 3.9
Guided Reading Level J
Language English
Publisher Creative Education
Format Reinforced book
ISBN 9781640267657
Copyright 2024
Number of Pages 24
Dimensions 8.75 x 11
Graphics Full-color photographs

Booklist Review of Amazing Summer Olympics

Each slender, attractive volume in the Amazing Summer Olympics series (8 titles) presents the basic elements of one sport featured in the Olympics taking place this summer in Paris, beginning in late July. An Olympic sport since 1896, fencing has a history that arose from sword fighting and evolved into sporting matches between individual competitors or teams of fencers. An excellent full-page photo appears on each double-page spread. Gish introduces the types of sharp blades used today, the events’ rules, the protective clothing and masks, and the scoring of the Olympic fencing events, each named for the type of blade used: foil, saber, and épée. Every book within the series spotlights one athlete competing in this year’s Olympics, such as fencer Romain Cannone. A brief, handsome book introducing Olympic fencing.

SLJ Review of Amazing Summer Olympics

Stunning photos paired with short, simple text make this series stand out. Though each book limns the history of the sport in question, the focus is on recent Olympic athletes, like Katie Ledecky, current record holder for medals (10) among female Olympic swimmers. Action-packed photos provide intriguing details and complement the text.An amazing photo in Athletics captures the intense moment when a group of runners approach the hurdles and water barrier in the women’s steeplechase event. The main drawback of these books is their brevity; though well-chosen photos add to the telling. VERDICT Appealing and accessible to a wide audience, this is sure to build interest in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris.

Author: Mari Bolte