9 Books About the Olympics
A quick list with some great Olympic titles! Full of nonfiction, plus a few picture books for fun, this list will inspire kids to see how much work athletes put in to make it to the Olympic and Paralympic games. I wish there was as much coverage of the Paralympic Games as we see for the Olympics because these athletes train just as hard. Learn more about the history of the Paralympics with some of the books below!
9 Books About the Olympics
- Ancient Greece and the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
- The Boys In the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown
- G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet by Brad Herzog, illustrated by Doug Bowles
- How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals by Michael Phelps
- Olympig! by Victoria Jamieson
- Proud: Living My American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- A Sporting Chance: How Paralympics Founder Ludwig Guttmann Saved Lives with Sports by Lori Alexander, illustrated by Allan Drummond
- What are the Paralympic Games? by Gail Herman
- What are the Summer Olympics? by Gail Herman
Looking for even more titles? Check out my Paralympic-inspired book list from 2016 and Bookroo too!
