Reading for Pleasure: Book Compass

Children's books about
The Olympics & Paralympics 
 

Ready Steady Mo!
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With Tokyo 2020 in full swing, now's the time to inspire young readers with books all about the Olympic and Paralympic Games...

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We've put together a list of recommended children's books about Olympics sports.

 

Download our Book Compass poster to help you to navigate to the best books about the Olympics, or scroll down and click on the book covers to purchase the books online.

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When I Grow Up I Want to Play
When I Grow Up I Want to Play

Rosamund Lloyd & Richard Merritt

Sports Heroes
Sports Heroes

DK & Lucy Semple

Busy Day: Athelete
Busy Day: Athelete

Dan Green

Ready Steady Mo!
Ready Steady Mo!

Mo Farah, Kes Gray & Marta Kissi

Splash
Splash

Claire Cashmore & Sharon Davey

Flying High
Flying High

Michelle Meadows

Lucas at the Paralmpics
Lucas at the Paralmpics

Plohl & Igor

The Story of The Olympics
The Story of The Olympics

Minna Lacey & Paddy Mounter

She Persisted in Sports_ American Olympians Who Changed the Game
She Persisted in Sports_ American Olympians Who Changed the Game

Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger

Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anna Katharina Jansen

Swimming and Diving
Swimming and Diving

M K Osborne

Track and Field
Track and Field

M K Osborne

Individual Sports at the Paralympics
Individual Sports at the Paralympics

Matt Bowers

Dream Big
Dream Big

Deloris Jordan & Barry Root

Corinthian Girl
Corinthian Girl

Christina Balit

Go Mo Go
Go Mo Go

Mo Farah, Kes Gray & Marta Kissi

Flying Fergus
Flying Fergus

Sir Chris Hoy & Clare Elsom

The Hundred Mile-An_hour Dog Goes For Gold
The Hundred Mile-An_hour Dog Goes For Gold

Jeremy Strong

The Story of the Olympics Games
The Story of the Olympics Games

International Olympic Committee

On Your Marks Gets Set Gold
On Your Marks Gets Set Gold

Scott Allen & Antoine Corbineau

Olympic Sport
Olympic Sport

Charli Howard

Olympic Poems
Olympic Poems

Brian Moses & Roger Stevens

Ancient Games
Ancient Games

Iris Volant & Avalon Nuovo

Paralympic Power
Paralympic Power

Paul Mason

Women in Sport
Women in Sport

Rachel Ignotofsky

Sportopedia
Sportopedia

Adam Skinner & Mr. Mark Long

The Fastest Boy in the World
The Fastest Boy in the World

Elizabeth Laird

The Race
The Race

Roy Peachey

Patina
Patina

Jason Reynolds & Selom Sunu

Running on Empty
Running on Empty

SE. Durrant & Rob Biddulph

Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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