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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn about the athletes, officials, and fans involved in putting on the sports event that brings together hundreds of countries around the world. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a glossary, sources for further research, an introduction to the authors, and a listing of source notes. Author/Illustrator biography Educational...
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English
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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
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Geronimo is assigned to report on the Olympics
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Five friends are ready for their school's Olympics field day. But not everyone wants to play fair someone is trying to ruin the events! Can the kids in the Most Valuable Player club solve the mystery, save the Olympics, and take home the gold? Includes sports facts"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes some of the amazing records set by athletes at the Olympic games, including the fastest one hundred-meter dash by Usain Bolt, Nadia Comăneci's perfect score in gymnastics, and Michael Phelps' eighth gold medal win
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Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"The Summer Olympics have provided some of the most memorable moments in the history of sports. Gracing the calendar once every four years, amazing athletes from across the globe have gathered to compete on the world's grandest stage since the first Games of the modern era in 1896 in Athens, Greece, displaying spectacular athleticism, courage, and unbreakable spirit. In Greatest Moments, part of the four-title The Summer Olympics: On the World Stage...
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Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Throughout the rich and glorious history of the Summer Olympics, there have been many fascinating, unusual, and downright quirky moments that have taken place before, during, and after events. In Fascinating Facts, part of the four-title The Summer Olympics: On the World Stage series, we dive into the heroic and horrific, as well as the outrageous and obscure, providing eye-opening accounts of some of the both amazing and incredibly wacky moments...
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Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"This title introduces fans to some of the most memorable Olympic gymnastics moments in history. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a glossary, and an index." -- Publisher's website
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English
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Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world
11) Speed skating
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Series
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Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Celebrate the Winter Games with this . . . introduction to speed skating, the sport known for its short- and long-track events. Also included is a biographical story about skater Maame Biney"--Publisher
12) Private Games
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Series
Private Detective Agency novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protect over 10,000 competitors who represent more than 200 countries. The opening ceremony is still hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Nigel Steele,...
14) Record breakers
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Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"The best athletes in the world train to make the Olympics every four years, and it is almost inevitable that some type of record will either be tied or broken during the games. As athletes from around the world hone their skills for the ultimate competition, records are bound to fall. The record might be an Olympic standard that falls in one event, or it may be a number of records that get broken at any given Summer Games. American swimmer Mark Spitz...
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Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"How 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, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of the Olympic Games and see if you agree that they're the greatest of all time"--
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do
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Elite athletes volume 2
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English
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"Jake Mirakovitch might be the best gymnast in the world, but there's one big problem: he chokes in international competition. The least successful of a family of world-class gymnasts, he has struggled to shake off nerves in the past. This time he's determined to bring home the gold no matter what. Retired figure skater Topher Caldwell wants a job as a commentator for the American network that covers the Olympics, and at the Summer Olympics in Madrid,...
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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 71
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Babar's children have all grown up. He and Celeste take them to the Celesteville Games. All the best animal athletes will be there to compete. Babar's daughter Flora falls in love with a young athlete, Coriander, from the country of Mirza. They decide to marry and all of Celesteville is invited
20) Figure skating
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Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate the Winter Games with this high-interest introduction to figure skating, the sport known for its singles, pairs, and ice dancing events. Also included is a biographical story about figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu"--
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