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NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J BIREN	Birenbaum, Barbara	The Olympic Glow	1994
J COMICS GRAPHICS ASTER		Asterix at the Olympic Games	2004
J COMICS GRAPHICS GERON, V. 10	Stilton, Geronimo	Geronimo Stilton Saves the Olympics Geronimo and his friends travel back in time to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 to keep the pirate cats from ruining the Games.	2012
J PAPERBK OSBOR	Osborne, Mary Pope	Hour of the Olympics	1998
J STILT	Stilton, Geronimo	Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery Geronimo is assigned to report on the Olympics.	2008
J398.21 RICHA	Richards, Jean	The First Olympic Games: A Gruesome Greek Myth with a Happy Ending	2000
J796 PAGE	Page, Jason	Cycling, Shooting and Showjumping	2008
J796.3 PAGE	Page, Jason	Ball Games: [Soccer, Table Tennis, Handball, Hockey, Badminton & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J796.3230922 LEBOU	LeBoutillier, Nate.	Basketball A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Brazillian Oscar Schimdt--of the Olympic sport of basketball, which officially became a part of the modern Summer Games in 1936.	2012
J796.3250922 LEBOU	LeBoutillier, Nate.	Volleyball A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Soviet Yuri Chesnokov--of the Olympic sport of volleyball, which officially became a part of the modern Summer Games in 1964.	2012
J796.42 PAGE	Page, Jason	Athletics, Track: [100 Meters, 200 Meters, Relays, Hurdles, & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J796.42 PAGE	Page, Jason	Decathlon, High Jump and other Field Events	2008
J796.42 PAGE	Page, Jason	Sprints, Hurdles, and other Track Events	2008
J796.43 PAGE	Page, Jason	Athletics, Field: [Pole Vault, Long Jump, Hammer, Javelin, & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J796.44 OLSEN	Olsen, Leigh	Going for Gold: The 2008 U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team: An Unauthorized Biography	2008
J796.44 PAGE	Page, Jason	Gymnastic Events	2000
J796.440922 LEBOU	LeBoutillier, Nate.	Gymnastics A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Romanian Nadia Comaneci--of the Olympic sport of gymnastics, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896--Provided by Publisher.	2012
J796.48 ANDER 2000	Anderson, Dave	The Story of the Olympics	2000
J796.48 BINGH	Bingham, Jane	Welcome to the Ancient Olympics	2008
J796.48	Bobrick, Benson	A Passion for Victory	2012
J796.48 BURGA	Burgan, Michael	Great Moments in the Olympics	2002
J796.48 CHRIS	Christopher, Matt	Great Moments in the Summer Olympics	2012
J796.48 DONKI	Donkin, Andrew	Going for Gold!	1999
J796.48 FISCH	Fischer, David	The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics	2003
J796.48 FORD	Ford, Michael	You Wouldn't Want to Be a Greek Athlete!: Races You'd Rather Not Run	2004
J796.48 GAFF	Gaff, Jackie	Ancient Olympics	2004
J796.48 GIFFO	Gifford, clive	So You Think You Know the Olympics "…Jam packed with over 1000 questions covering anything from the first ever games to London 2012…"	2011
J796.48 GIFFO	Gifford, Clive	Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide to the World's Greatest Sports Celebration	2004
J796.48 HENNE	Hennessy, B. G.	Olympics!	1996
J796.48 HERZO	Herzog, Brad	G is for Gold Medal : An Olympics Alphabet	2011
J796.48 ITALI	Italia, Bob	100 Unforgettable Moments in the Summer Olympics	1996
J796.48 KNOTT	Knotts, Bob	The Summer Olympics	2000
J796.48 MACY, 2008	Macy, Sue	Swifter, Higher, Stronger	2008
J796.48 MIDDL	Middleton, Haydn	Modern Olympics	2004
J796.48 MIDDL, 2008	Middleton, Haydn	Modern Olympic Games	2008
J796.48 OLYMP		Olympism: A Basic Guide to the History, Ideals, and Sports of the Olympic Movement	2001
J796.48 OSBOR	Osborne, Mary Pope	Ancient Greece and the Olympics	2004
J796.48 OXLAD	Oxlade, Chris	Olympics	2000
J796.48 PAGE	Page, Jason	Power & Precision: [Cycling, Equestrian, Shooting, & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J796.48 PLATT	Platt, Richard	Olympics A chronological tour of the historical and social events that shaped the Olympics dedicates spreads to specific locations and how the beliefs of participating cultures impacted various competitions.	2012
J796.48 ROSS	Ross, Stewart	The Original Olympics	1999
J796.48 TOMPK	Tompkins, Pat	How to Be an Olympic Athlete	2000
J796.48 WOFF	Woff, Richard	The Ancient Greek Olympics	1999
J796.8 PAGE	Page, Jason	Combat: [Fencing, Judo, Wrestling, Boxing, Taekwondo, & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J796.8 PAGE	Page, Jason	Martial Arts, Boxing and other Combat Sports	2008
J796.830922	Frederick, Shane.	Boxing A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Cuban Teófilo Stevenson--of the Olympic sport of boxing, which officially became a part of the modern Summer Games in 1904.	2012
J796.91 FARBS	Farbs, C.	Olympic Ice Skating	2007
J796.91 ISADO	Isadora, Rachel	Sophie Skates	1999
J796.939 FIGOR	Figorito, Marcus	Friction and Gravity: Snowboarding Science	2009
J796.95 BASIC		A Basic Guide to Bobsledding	2002
J796.98 MACY	Macy, Sue	Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics	2006
J797 PAGE	Page, Jason	Rowing, Sailing and other Sports on Water	2008
J797 PAGE	Page, Jason	Swimming, Diving and other Water Sports	2008
J797.1 PAGE	Page, Jason	On the Water: [Rowing, Yachting, Canoeing & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J797.21 PAGE	Page, Jason	Swimming: [Sprints, Medleys, Diving, Water Polo & Lots, Lots More]	2000
J797.210922 LEBOU	LeBoutillier, Nate.	Swimming A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as American Michael Phelps--of the Olympic sport of swimming, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896--Provided by Publisher.	2012
J797.420922 FREDE	Frederick, Shane.	Track and Field A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Jamaican Usain Bolt--of the Olympic sport of track and field, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896.	2012
J811.54 LOW	Low, Alice	The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems about How Sports Began	2009
JB P511G	Goldish, Meish	Michael Phelps: Anything is Possible	2009
JB T397BR	Bruchac, Joseph	Jim Thorpe's Bright Path	2004
JE BRADF	Bradfield, Roger	The Pickle-Chiffon Pie Olympics The tale of a fourteenth-century Olympics, with sports like dragon wrestling and the 100-yard moat swim, in which the winner will get to marry Princess Sierra.	2010
JE CASE	Case, Cassandra	Run with Me, Nike: The Olympics in 420 B.C.	1999
JE JAMIE	Jamieson, Victoria	Olympig! The Triumphant Story of an Underdog Pursued by Mr. Hamstring, a reporter who is sure he will fail, Boomer becomes the first pig ever to compete in the Animal Olympics and demonstrates that attitude can be more important than winning.	2012
JE JORDA	Jordan, Deloris	Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold From the age of nine years, Michael dreams of playing basketball for the United States in the Olympics, and with hard work and his mother's encouragement, he realizes his dream.	2012
JE LESTE	Lester, Helen	Tacky and the Winter Games	2005
PTC J372.87 SCHRE	Schreiber, Todd	Olympic Games for the Music Classroom	2008
PTC J796.48 CAIN	Cain, Janet	Women in Olympic Sports	2004
PTC J796.48 CLARK	Clark, Sarah Kartchner	The Olympic Experience in Your School	2004

WEBSITES

Ancient Olympics
Discover interesting facts about the ancient Olympic games.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

London 2012
Official Website of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
http://www.london2012.com/

Olympic Games
Be sure to scroll down the page to find all that's here!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

Olympic Torch Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/sports/mtorch.html

Scholastic Research Starters: The Olympics
Find lots of information and resources related to the Olympic Games at this site.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/olympics/

Sports and Olympic Games Coloring Pages
Find coloring pages for summer and winter Olympic sports.
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/cpsports.htm

Vancouver 2010
Official Website of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
http://www.vancouver2010.com

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This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
General comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.