OLYMPICS

The Olympic Games are just around the corner!  This year's games will take place in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).  The modern Olympics consists of thousands of athletes from around the world participating in a variety of competitions.  The games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter games alternating by occurring every four years, but two years apart from one another.  Some of the events of the Summer Olympics include: soccer, gymnastics, track and field, and beach volleyball.

The creation of the modern games was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games held in Olympia, Greece.  Over the years, the games have evolved to include the creation of the Winter Olympics, the Paralympic Games, and the Youth Olympic Games.

For more information, visit https://www.olympic.org/



Looking for some Olympic entertainment? 

Adult Books:
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
Dream Team by Jack McCallum
Gold by Chris Cleave (Fiction)
Unbroken by Laura Hilderbrand
The Boys of Winter by Wayne R. Coffey
Private Games by James Patterson (Fiction)

Children's Books:
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne (Fiction)
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Greek Athlete by Michael Ford
Ancient Greece and the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

DVDs:
The Real Olympics
Race
Eddie the Eagle
Jesse Owens
Marion Jones, Press Pause
Munich
Chariots of Fire

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