On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold From Nosy Crow: A Guide To The Olympics And Paralympics For Kids

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Set your sights on gold with the brilliantly entertaining and educationally robust book "On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold!" From Nosy Crow, this treasure is designed bespoke for kids who are thrilled by the epic world of Olympic and Paralympic sports. The adventure into each sport involved in the 2024 Paris Olympics & Paralympic games awaits, right at your fingertips.

This book is your perfect guide to Olympic glory. Comprehensive yet engaging, it features an array of sports from invigorating boxing to strategically mind-bending boccia. Skillfully explore what it takes to emerge as a star in the glimmering sky of Olympic and Paralympic sports. Your journey will involve learning why each sport is beautiful individually, and what makes it challenging.

Armed with the most striking and dynamic illustrations, every sport review in "On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold!" also provides an overview of the necessary skills and equipment for aspiring participants to practice. Want to talk like a pro? The lingo for each sport awaits you! Discover the heights Mount Olympus - from its greatest champions to the up-and-coming stars from the future games.

Delving deeper into this captivating read you’ll discover tales of the most influential Olympians and admire their relentless determination to greatness. Fuel your dreams with a sneak peek into possible future events and assess your chances of sporting stardom in the helpful guide for future champions.

With 96 pages of fact-filled fun, written by esteemed sports journalist Scott Allen, "On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold!" transcends being merely a book. It's your personal trainer and humorous companion on the road to understanding Olympic and Paralympic sports. Adorned with a slew of weird, wonderful, and humorously astonishing facts, it sits snugly in the kids' books category, but serves up a delightful read for enthusiastic parents, teachers or any sports fan alike.

Some salient features of this book include

• 96 pages of engaging sports-related content
• Historical and upcoming insights into Olympics and Paralympics
• Rich in humorous and fascinating facts
• Useful guide for practising future athletes
• Easy-to-understand sport terminology

Turn each page and discover the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic games, the resilience of athletes, and the naughtier nuances that keep audiences around the world glued to their televisions during this mesmerizing sports period.

With "On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold!" from Nosy Crow, immerse yourself into the world of Olympics and Paralympics and find out if you’ve got what it takes to wear that gold medal around your neck!

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