olympics

Refers to famous performances while presenting an overview of the Olympic gymnastics events and provides information on how athletes train, qualify for, and participate in the games.

Presents photographs and profiles of the women soccer players who represented the United States in the 2000 Olympics.

Presents photographs and profiles of the women basketball players who represented the United States in the 2000 Olympics.

A simple introduction to the Olympic sport of snow skiing.

Provides fun facts and brief histories of each gymnastic event played in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Provides an introduction to the Olympics, and offers an opportunity to work with percents and decimals through problems based on situations and events related to the history of the Olympic Games.

Discusses the political climate during the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, when President Carter boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the effect it had on athletes who had trained to compete in the event and, despite being disappointed, went on to achieve success in sports.

History of the modern Olympics examining the political, economical, social, and religious significance of the game.

Over 300 photographs and accompanying text describe the highlights of the Summer and Winter games.

A skill-building reader published to coincide with the Olympics finds Hefty Smurf organizing the first-ever Smurf Championship Games to raise awareness about exercise, a competition that concerns an insecure Weakling Smurf.