Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House #16) (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-01-07
Summary: MY BOY LOVES READING
... My 1st grader hates to put it down, he would rather read Magic Tree House books, than play video games. He even reads them to his class and explains the story for show and tell. In his kindergarten class the teacher would also let him read the Magic Tree House books out loud, not to give her a break, but to promote reading out loud. Great books!
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[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2005-04-13
Summary: a great book
... MAGIC TREE HOUSE OLYMPICS By KRISTIAN In the Magic Tree House there is a boy named Jack and A girl named Annie. They went to the OLYMPIC . Annie went And took her mask .The mask she had on was to act like a boy .The guard grabbed Annie she said get off of me! To get more info about how Jack and Annie got home read MAGIC TREE HOUSE My favorite part was when Annie took her mask off and the guard grabbed her and she said get off of me . I like this book because it has good vocabulary word and it had good details I had
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Jack and Annie are off on another adventure! This time they are sent to ancient Greece, where a very important event is taking place. Join them as they race against time and witness the very first Olympic games!
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The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition (Complete Book of the Olympics)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-07 Summary: This Olympics BIble is a Treasure! ... Wallechinsky's newest book is a treasure trove of Olympic proportions. Everything you ever wanted to know about all the Summer Olympic events are detailed in this superb resource! ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-06-12 Summary: This book is updated through the 2004 Summer Olympics ... This is an excellent resource for ALL the Summer Olympic Games. Contrary to what is said in a previous, much older review, this edition of Wallechinsky's book is complete through the 2004 Summer Olympics. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | With a complete statistical record since the 1896 founding of the modern Games—including medals won and times, distances, or scores recorded by the top eight competitors in all events (from staples such as the marathon to long-discontinued competitions such as the tug of war), this encyclopedic tome contains anything anyone could ever need or want to know about the modern Olympic Games. Far from a dry compendium of names, numbers, and scoring systems, this book also contains a...more
Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches is the most comprehensive and practical book available on learning, teaching and performing the Olympic lifts for athletes of all disciplines. Progressing logically from start to finish, the book covers every aspect of learning and training with both the simplicity necessary for the novice and the complexity desired by the more advanced. Contains more than 50 supplemental exercises and over 600 photographs. * Learning Progressions...more
Magic Tree House Research Guide #10: Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2005-04-13 Summary: review on ancient greece and the olyimpics ... (......) My Summary on Ancient Greece and the Olympics 4/13/05 Book by Mary pope osborne This book is about two kids Jake and Annie are kids who like to find thing out about the Titanic, twisters, and the Olympics. In this book they want to find out about ancient Greece and the Olympics. So in this book going back in the past and try and figure out how the Olympics worked in the past. I like the book because it gives you the idea of what the people in Greece lived. The book over all the book is great. I recommend this ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-08-05 Summary: What a great addition to MTH! ... I was so excited when I came across these 'research guides' in a used book store, they are a wonderful addition! My kids have enjoyed the series so much, but the books are a little young for some fans, but they love getting the research guide to deepen their understanding of the settings and get good background information. With the summer Olympics upcoming, I made sure to have this research guide available before school ended. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | What was it like to live in ancient Greece? What gods and goddesses did Greeks believe in? How did the Olympics start? What was the winner’s prize? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide. Includes fun facts from Jack and Annie, fantastic photos and illustrations, and a guide to doing further research!...more
Asterix at the Olympic Games (Asterix)
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Asterix, Obelix, and their friends have entered the famous Olympic games in Athens. They’re determined to taste victory, but the Gauls face formidable competition from both Greeks and Romans. Will it be a Gold Medal for Asterix? Or will he suffer the agony of defeat? ...more
The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC: From Athens to Beijing, 1894-2008 (Official History of the Olympic Games & the Ioc)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-10-22 Summary: Excellent ... Excellent history of the Olympic movement and the Games, very well balanced. For an "Official" history, Miller states his views even when they are critical of the IOC, athletes or other individuals, and hits the highlights in a very well-written book. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-08-30 Summary: Olympic book ... Excellent text giving all the relavent information on the games todate. Especially caters for those interested in the statistics of it all and in neeed for a ready reference. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves, this illustrated chronicle includes the recreation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin and the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body—including three successive boycotts and the Salt Lake City scandal of 1998. It also tells the story of the historic competitors—from Spyridon Louis (the inaugural Marathon winner) and such heroes as Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, Sonja Heine, Jesse Owens, Greg...more
Hiking Olympic National Park, 2nd: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures (Regional Hiking Series)
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | This book describes a 585 mile network of maintained trails in a wilderness ecosystem that stretches from the beaches of the Pacific to the heart of the Olympic Mountains. ...more
Olympic Mountains Fishing Guide: Olympic National Park & Olympic Peninsula Lakes & Streams
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The Olympic Mountains Fishing Guide is the definitive book on trout fishing in this uniquely bountiful and beautiful Northwest Corner of the United States. Dave Shorett writes from over 40 years of first-hand experience hiking and fishing throughout Olympic National Park and the surrounding Olympic Peninsula. He covers over 100 lakes and 30 streams, provides 15 maps , and describes in detail the most productive locations, the fish they contain, and the best gear and technique for catching...more