Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide to the World's Greatest Sports Celebration

By Clive Gifford

Created by an award-winning author-and-illustrator team, Olympics sets the stage with facts, articles, and essential background information across the complete range of Olympic summer competition. Every aspect of the summer games is covered, including their history, the bidding process, training and qualifying, and life in the Olympic Village. Coverage of the events themselves captures the exhilaration of competing at the pinnacle of world sports--from explosive sprints and the grace of gymnastics to the proving grounds of endurance, the marathon and triathlon, and everything in between.

In addition, special spreads celebrate the great summer Olympics, from Stockholm 1912 to the record-breaking games of Sydney 2000. Olympic achievements are highlighted at the back of the book, bringing to life the great rivalries and honoring those competitors who battled adversity to shine on the world's stage.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753456931
• ISBN13: 9780753456934
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.2" x 0.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

The ideal companion for young readers

Superbly enhanced on every page with outstanding digital illustrations and visually impressive full color action photography, Clive Gifford's Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide To The World's Greatest Sports Celebration is a complete survey and introduction to every Summer Olympics event. Also included is a great deal of background information on the training routines of top athletes of today and great athletic competitive rivalries of the past. Summer Olympics is the ideal companion for young readers with its showcasing of the world pinnacle for international sporting events and competitions.