The story of the Olympics
Subtitle: the whacky facts about the Olympics and Olympic champions down the centuries!
By: Richard Brassey
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781444000481
Subjects: Olympics; Juvenile literature; History; Olympic athletes
Description: The quirkiest guide you will ever read to the history of the world's most famous celebration of sport. From the story of how ethos of the games of ancient Greece has been carried down and into the twenty-first century, to the individual tales of heroes and heroines, this is a lively, witty and entertaining guide for young readers everywhere. As always with Richard Brassey's popular books, there are comic strips, fact boxes, hilarious captions and speech bubbles, in a book that's packed with amazing information and entertaining insight.
Table of contents: title: "The extraordinary story of the Olympic Games, from their beginnings in Ancient Greece right up to the London Olympics of 2012, and the funny, surprising, heroic exploits of winners and losers from all over the world"; title: Back cover. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.